Cleaners aren't meant to stay in the pool 24/7. This is true for all cleaners. Pressure side cleaners run on a schedule every day so why take it out? Leaving the cleaner in the pool 24/7 increases its exposure to corrosive chemicals in the water, such as chlorine or shock.
How Long to Run a Pool Vacuum. If you have a manual vacuum, you'll run it as long as it takes for your to vacuum your pool. If you have an automated vacuum, it will run anywhere between two and six hours depending on your pool size.
For Dolphin robots with a weekly timer option, the robot can stay in the water of your pool for a week; you will need to clean the filter at the end of the weekly cycle.
The starting point is: on a one water valve system you should run it 4 hours a day. On a system with two or three water valves start at 5 ½ hours a day. New pools with little or no landscaping or extreme weather conditions may require more time.
You can swim while your bot cleans the pool, but it's better not to. Swimming churns up the water. If the machine is in the water at the time, the current will buffet it, making it harder for it to complete its work.
You should not let your water line fall below your skimmer at any time. Therefore, you will need to put your garden hose in your pool to fill it up as you vacuum, or add fresh water again after vacuuming. Otherwise, leave setting on “filter” and turn pump on to begin vacuuming.
Your filter collects all of the foreign particles that might have entered the pool. But the dirt at the bottom of the pool does not go into the pool's filter. This is the main reason why you should backwash your filter. Not only do you rinse the filter, you can easily vacuum the pool after that.
Backwashing a filter will lead to your pool being dirty temporarily. For a clean pool, do not backwash your filter before vacuuming.
Vacuum green algae through the Waste Method (Easiest and Safest for Equipment) The easiest way to eliminate the algae that has settled on the bottom of your pool is to bypass the filter and vacuum from the pool to waste.
For the vacuuming process, you do not need to turn your pool's pump off. In fact, your pump will be important. First of all, assemble your vacuum. Pool vacuum heads come with two holes, one for the hose and another for the telescopic pole.
Brushing first (after skimming) means that the deposits are lifted off the sides of the pool and have a chance to resettle on the bottom where they can be vacuumed up. Therefore, vacuuming your pool before you brush it over would be counterproductive.
In most cases, it is fine to run your pool pump during the rain. In fact, this will help rapidly circulate and filter out any impurities the rain has added to your water.
In order to prevent residual blow back into the pool, once you've finished backwashing it's highly advisable to rinse the filter. Just as the backwash lifts and flushes the sand, the rinse resets the sand to its original position for optimum filtration.
The most important thing you can do on a regular basis is to vacuum your pool. This should be done at least once a week, ideally twice. However, if you don't have a lot of debris, such as leaves, bugs, etc. or if you have a screened in pool, once a week should be sufficient.
For light vacuuming, you can leave your multiport valve filter set to “Filter.” For bigger jobs and larger amounts of debris, set your filter system to the “Waste” setting, which does sends the water down the drain, rather than through the filter.
Drain/Waste: Opting the drain or waste setting will remove pool water without forcing it through the filter. Backwash: This clears out any debris, dirt and other contaminants that may have accumulated on the filter.
Insert the open end of the hose into the vacuum plate (also known as a skimmer plate or skimmer disk), and place the plate into your pool wall skimmer, directly atop the suction vent. This will initiate the vacuuming process. Slowly sway the vacuum head in straight lines along the bottom of your pool until it's clean.
Vacuuming removes debris and algal growth from the walls and floor of the pool and should be performed before shocking the pool water.
A robotic pool cleaner is by far the most cost-effective, easiest and fastest way of cleaning all types of dirt and keeping your pool algae free. A robotic pool cleaner ticks all checkboxes for a total pool-cleaning experience. It collects everything from leaves in the pool to fine debris and pernicious algae.