idodishez Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 Trying to figure out how to hook up a pool vacuum for my gf. I'm pretty good w hot tubs and the associated mechanics, but pool vacuums are new to me. Is this something that can be explained on here? Or am I asking too much?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizzer Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 without knowing the specific details of your system, and admitting i'm hardly an expert: essentially you just need to 1.get the hose attached to the vacuum,2.get everything in the water and try to get as much air out of the hose as possible. If you feed the hose into the water, forcing it underwater as you go, it should fill with water and get all the air out.3. connect the hose to one of the inlet points of the pump system (usually the skimmers or the bottom/side drain) This can be accomplished by any number of various fittings, we'd have to know the specifics of your system for this.4. If you still don't have enough vacuum to clean things, you may need to shut off more of the inlets to force all the input to the pump to go through your vacuum. Once again, which ones to shut would be specific on your system.5. You will need to shut off the pump or disconnect your system every now and then to clean out whatever filtering system you are using for the vacuum, usually they come with some form of in-line coarse basket or leaf filter. When you go to turn it on, make sure that everything is still connected and once again try to get as much water in the lines as possible.If this basic layout still doesn't make sense to you, then you may have a problem that is beyond remote walkthrough with no knowledge of your system. Hope this helped! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolWhip Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 Woot! I am a CPO (Certified Pool Operator) finally a question I can answer! Fizzer, has it mostly correct the only thing he missed is that with most water vacuums, you have to "prime" them. This means opening it up and dumping water inside of the suction area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagr Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 Did you check the hose to make sure it's not clogged? It may be full of the precious boyfriends dried man gravy. You never know. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idodishez Posted May 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 This helps get me started. Thanks a bunch! I'll know more specifics when on site, but for now I can tell u it's an above ground pool w just one skimmer and one jet. Big sand type filter about 4 feet tall, canister filter housing that I'm used to seeing paper filters in for hot tubs but in this case just houses place for chemicals, and the pump.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idodishez Posted May 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 Did you check the hose to make sure it's not clogged? It may be full of the precious boyfriends dried man gravy. You never know.More good pointers! I'll be sure to checkSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizzer Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 Did you check the hose to make sure it's not clogged? It may be full of the precious boyfriends dried man gravy. You never know.What an awesome difference one letter can make Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagr Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 What an awesome difference one letter can make I didn't even notice. Precious should have been previous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonzie Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 DOOHH! Finding this thread just reminded me my hose is still on outside, filling the pool for like the last 9hrs!! Thing is riiight up to the lip We just moved into our new house 2 weeks ago, so I've been getting the crash course on maintenance & opening. Spent much of my weekend on this very subject... Vacuuming the pool. Gotta do some more tomorrow. Dumped in 4 more gallons of shock today, plus the whole bottle of algaecide. Hoping to finally get the thing swimmable this weekHere's what it looked like when we pulled the cover 2wks ago...And here's what it's supposed to look like...28 gallons of shock, 1 bottle of algaecide, & endless hours of vacuuming it... Hopefully I'm almooost there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gen3flygirl Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 Party at fonzies house! I have a nice little kiddy pool in my basement right now thanks to all the rain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idodishez Posted May 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 Yeah, hers is green too. Got the vacuum figured out. Thanks for the tips. Hoping it willStart to clear up after letting the pump run non stopSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonzie Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 Tharrr she blows! I can FINALLY see bottom this morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonzie Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 Pool... Is... OPEN!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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