Troubleshoot Pool Cleaner

Video Transcript

"Now you might find the occasion where you go outside and your cleaner is either not moving or not doing what it's supposed to be, or it hasn't covered the whole pool even though it's been on awhile. A couple of things to trouble shoot before you start to repair it or bring it down to your local pool store. One, make sure the pump and filter are running. Sounds basic, but people forget it all the time. Two, is that the basket on the pump is clear. If it gets clogged it stops the flow. The other one is to make sure, well, that the cleaner is actually securely plugged into the skimmer assembly, and if it's going well than keep moving down to continue the trouble shooting. Bring out the cleaner, make sure that there is no debris in the line, and that you've got a good pull of suction behind that. If it is, and then once it's still in the water make sure that the turbine is spinning properly, and that the wheels are moving. Now, if it is making patterns or not cleaning the entire area then that may be something with the drive system inside of it, or the turbine bearings. We're going to get into how to look at, trouble shoot all of those things. But, up until the mechanical issues, just make sure that the basics are covered. Pump and filter are on, the baskets are cleaned, the hoses are in good shape and they're not leaking. Having cracks in hoses and having them suck, very common reasons. If it's sucking through the hose, it's not sucking through the head of the cleaner. A good way to check that is by picking it up and moving just a little bit over the top of the surface of the water. If there is a small pin hole suction leak it will make a type of sound and you will be able to identify it and just replace that hose. Anything else, it's a mechanical issue and we'll show you how to fix that."