What does a pool cleaner look like? What is it and how does it work? – Setafi

The water vacuum cleaner for the pool is a special device that is designed to clean artificial reservoirs of any size and shape. The principle of its operation is associated with the suction of water and its passage through the filter, after which the liquid returns again. About how the device is arranged, and how to use it correctly, is described in this article.

Principle of operation and advantages

A water vacuum cleaner, like a conventional device, consists of the same elements. This is a body with an engine, a long handle or hose, as well as filters. It is not difficult to understand how a pool vacuum cleaner works.

The user holds the brush and guides it over the surface of the pool, i.e. along the bottom or side wall, steps. The pump pumps a powerful stream of air that sucks up the liquid. It goes through the tube and hits the surface of the filter. Small particles, dust, plaque are cleaned here, and the water itself passes further and returns to the pool through the hose.

The basic way how to vacuum a pool is practically the same as a standard cleaning. But in this case, the pump sucks not air, but water. Moreover, the purified liquid is returned to the pool again.

The advantages of such a device are obvious:

• you can quickly clean both small and large artificial reservoirs;
• the maximum cleaning time is 1.5 (for large pools);
• the instruction manual is quite simple, so you can figure out how to use a pool vacuum cleaner in a matter of minutes;
• it is possible to quickly remove plaque and pollution, so you can change the water much less often (this is especially true for outdoor reservoirs);
• the device works directly in the water, so it does not need to be drained - in fact, the pool does not need preliminary preparation;
• special nozzles allow you to gently clean the bottom and walls without damage, regardless of the coating material.

There are no drawbacks to a water vacuum cleaner as such, but if you choose an inappropriate, for example, insufficiently powerful model, cleaning will not be as effective. To prevent this from happening, it is useful to figure out how to choose the right model, as well as how to clean the pool with a vacuum cleaner. This is what will be discussed below.

Types of water vacuum cleaners

It is quite clear that the principle of operation of a pool vacuum cleaner is approximately the same as that of a conventional device, with the only difference that the first one works in an aquatic environment. Moreover, there are several types of such models that differ in the type of control:

1. Manual - the simplest device that is not equipped with its own filter. Such a model is affordable, while it is suitable only for small reservoirs and in the presence of additional equipment (skimmer or filter device), without which cleaning is impossible.
2. Semi-automatic also works with a skimmer, although it may have its own cleaning device. The engine is powered by electric traction.
3. When studying how to choose a vacuum cleaner for the pool, you should also pay attention to automatic devices. They are also called robot vacuum cleaners. Models of this type are more expensive, but at the same time they work completely autonomously, i.e. without additional equipment and even without effort on the part of users. You can turn on the robot and set a specific program that will be executed automatically. Management is carried out using a remote control.

Thus, if the reservoir is small, a manual model will suffice. For example, if we talk about how to choose a vacuum cleaner for a frame pool, it makes no sense to purchase expensive semi-automatic devices, and even more so a robot. If, on the contrary, the area of ​​​​an artificial reservoir is quite large, besides, it is located on the street and is often polluted, it is worth considering automatic vacuum cleaners.

How to use a water vacuum cleaner

It is clear what a pool vacuum cleaner looks like. Now it remains only to figure out how it works. The instruction is quite simple, while it should be noted that even a relatively clean reservoir needs preliminary preparation. The main steps are:

1. All people must leave the pool beforehand, since this is the most important safety requirement. They also remove all floating and sunken objects, such as children's toys, boats, etc. To do this, use a net, which usually comes with a vacuum cleaner.
2. After completing the preparation, you need to understand how the water vacuum cleaner works. First, connect the hose, making sure that the mount is secure. This is very important, because otherwise the debris will come out of the pipe, and then all the work will have to be started all over again.
3. The hose is extended to the desired depth and immersed in the pool. If there is a ladder nearby, it is better to fix the hose on it.
4. Connect the device and wait until all the air is out. Make sure that water comes out of the hose, because if air enters the skimmer, the device may break.
5. Put the plate of the unit in the skimmer so as to prevent air from entering.
6. Turn on the filtering in the main mode, set up the desired program (in the case of a robotic vacuum cleaner).
7. Begin cleaning by slowly brushing along the bottom. It is better to do this in rows, moving from one edge to the other (opposite on the smaller side). You should not move the brush quickly, because then the debris can rise from the bottom, after which you will need to stop the process and wait until it settles.
8. At the end of the whole process, the filter is completely washed and the vacuum cleaner is dried, then put away for storage.

Thus, the principle of operation of a water vacuum cleaner completely coincides with household models used at home. However, since the work is in the aquatic environment, there are some peculiarities and safety requirements. You can understand how they work in practice already during the first cleaning.