As a computer engineer, you already know that lightning and electronics aren't the best mix.
There a many possible problems that could cause this, but one possibility is an ungrounded pool bonding network. I assume you know what a Faraday cage is? Pools are required to have a bonding network that, if done properly, turns the pool, all rebar and gear, and the equipment, into a Faraday cage. However it is not required to tie the bond field to the grounding (or the electrical earth, if you know British English better). This has the potential to create voltage potentials between the pool bonding, equipment and water, and the grounding. Naturally, this potential will try to equalize via equipment (like the pump and the SWCG power supply) that are BOTH bonded AND grounded.
You may want to attempt to rectify this issue on your own, especially since relatively few electricians understand pool bonding, or the risk of voltage potentials between the bond and the ground. You can do all these things -- they may not help, but they should not hurt.
1. Make sure there is a WIRED ground AND a separate common between your pool power panel and the house panel. If not, have an electrician correct this.
2. Install a ground rod at the pool panel. You'll need these items, but you don't have to get them from HomeDepot:http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1...ProductDisplayYou'll have to see if you can get them to sell you cut pieces of the ground wire.
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3. Make sure that you have WIRE grounds going to each piece of equipment, including the pump and the SWCG power supply. If your equipment has conduit grounds, you'll need to have an electrician pull wire grounds.
4. Run extra #10 or #8 bare wire FROM the ground rod nut, to the bond wire connections on the SWCG power supply and the pump motor. Ideally terminate the ground wire in the same connection point that the bond wire now occupies alone.
You may find you do not have anything like the bond wires and ground wires I'm describing. In that case, take a bunch of in-focus large photos of what you DO have, and let me take a look. (You may need some wiring repairs or updates.)
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