New pool owner; what creates the suction this uses? Do I need a special vacuum or do I use a ShopVac?
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The water in a swimming pool needs to circulate through a filtering system, to remove dirt and debris. During normal operation, water flows to the filtering system through two or more main drains at the bottom of the pool and multiple skimmer drains around the top of the pool. The water is pumped through the filtering system and back out to returns, inlet valves around the side of the pool. This system involves a lot of suction. You can connect a hose with your swimline to one of these valves and thats it. You handle the swimline with a telescoping pole.
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you just put it inline with the hose attached to your filter intake.. I use mine in line with a leaf canister that has a skimmer sock in it.. this catches fine dirt and debris so they don't go into my sand filter.. when you're done you just rinse the sock off..
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Use a pool hose that will attach to this vacuum head & to a part that will go into the skimmer
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The water in a swimming pool needs to circulate through a filtering system, to remove dirt and debris. During normal operation, water flows to the filtering system through two or more main drains at the bottom of the pool and multiple skimmer drains around the top of the pool. The water is pumped through the filtering system and back out to returns, inlet valves around the side of the pool. This system involves a lot of suction. You can connect a hose with your swimline to one of these valves and that´s it. You handle the swimline with a telescoping pole.
727175
Remove the paper filter cartridge and the micron sock from the junk pump that came with your pool. Hook it up to the skimmer and hook up a waste hose to it and use it as a vacuum. Works great and you don't have to use your combo that your gonna buy.
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We have a suction style cleaner. It says to attach within some many feet away from the port in the wall of the pool. As the water is pulled through it turns a gear to Un twist the hose. It should work both ways.
788569
I net my pool before I place my vacuum in the pool I would suggest to try and remove all larger objects but this vacuum does a wonderful job totally love it !!!!!! Hope this helps.
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I use this pump on my Intex pool and have been using the vacuum that came with the pool. It works really well because the filter system has such great suction. I would think most systems would work equally as well.
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Jim, mine is on the vacuum line to the pool sweep. It gets anything on the bottom including bugs. The skimmer gets anything floating on the surface. Charlie K. Anaheim Ca.
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You should check below # and ask detail. My pool is plaster type and it works great. I got rid off my pool man and my pool looks much better, because machine vacumes every day VS pool guys comes once a week, and he does not even vaccume every week. call below # and find out it works different surface or not. PHONE(800) 822-7933
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The Poolcleaner is the vacuum that sucks debris up from the bottom of the pool. Your pool's plumbing has a basket to catch this stuff. However if you have any tall trees nearby, that's probably too much for that basket to handle. So, you will need the leaf canister if that's the case.
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The Suction Pool Cleaner is better because it uses water pressure to run while your pool pump is running. No additional power is necessary. In addition, your pool must already have a connecting port for the Suction Cleaner to work.
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I purchased this item as a gift. But did notice it had a vacuum hose which I assumed was to do just that. Sorry I couldn't really answer your question completely.
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This is a very good unit and I have had great success for several years with mine. It is a suction cleaner that "vacuums" the pool and you have to plug into an intake line to your to your pool filter. This intake is usually located along the side wall of your pool and has a trap door to open and then insert the tube. If you don't have an intake line, then this unit is of limited use. You could use this unit in the intake in the bottom of the skimmer well, but then you skimmer system would not work while this unit is operating. I suppose you could use this pool cleaner a couple days per week and the skimmer the rest, but you will need to skim your pool of debris diligently while this unit is in operation. This is a very good unit and I have had great success for several years with mine. It is a suction cleaner that "vacuums" the pool and you have to plug into an intake line to your to your pool filter. This intake is usually located along the side wall of your pool and has a trap door to open and then insert the tube. If you don't have an intake line, then this unit is of limited use. You could use this unit in the intake in the bottom of the skimmer well, but then you skimmer system would not work while this unit is operating. I suppose you could use this pool cleaner a couple... » Read More This is a very good unit and I have had great success for several years with mine. It is a suction cleaner that "vacuums" the pool and you have to plug into an intake line to your to your pool filter. This intake is usually located along the side wall of your pool and has a trap door to open and then insert the tube. If you don't have an intake line, then this unit is of limited use. You could use this unit in the intake in the bottom of the skimmer well, but then you skimmer system would not work while this unit is operating. I suppose you could use this pool cleaner a couple days per week and the skimmer the rest, but you will need to skim your pool of debris diligently while this unit is in operation. « Show Less
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I'm assuming this uses a Boston Valve as my Intex River Run II does. In which case, I use my Shop-Vac to fill it up. I think this is the one I have Shop-Vac 9650600 3.0-Peak HP Pro Series Wet or Dry Vacuum, 6-Gallon but I believe any shop vac that has a blower function should suffice.
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There is a caddy you put the SharkVac in so you can wheel it from lets say the garage to the pool area. Plus the caddy keeps the vacuum off the ground while not in use. I would recommend to buy it with the caddy.
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It is only the vacuum head. It needs to be connected to the skimmer return with a hose. The filter provides the suction. I suggest you go to your local pool store to see how this is done.
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as for the skimmer i bought one for this pool. and the vacuum i made adapter from pvc pipe to fit vacuum hose to side of pool. Tony
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The Intex is a fairly decent pool vac, but it will only pick up loose dirt and debris, like any pool vac will. Get your chemical balance right and use a hard pool brush (no metal!) to loosen up the algae, then use the pool vac to clean it up. I did learn that the standard 1500 GPH pump does not have enough output power to make this pool vac move. You'll need the 2500 GPH pump (which runs about $85 here on Amazon) and a clean filter to make it run good. You'll also find that the 2500 GPH pump does a lot better job at filtering your pool water.
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Right now using a self made connections. (pvc pipe coupler and a 1.5 D inch hose), remove hose to pump from pool and attach adapter and hose for cleaning - about $3.00 for adapter and hose was about $30.00 do the vacuum from with in pool with just the hose, don't really use a vacuum sorry if not much help.