Best Way to Remove Silt After Opening

[Woody007]

I have a mesh cover that lets fine material through during the winter. Water was very clear at opening but had a layer of fine silt all over the bottom.
Pumping to waste is hard for me to do by myself because I have a hard time with the adapter plate staying on the skimmer.
The bag on my pressure side cleaner isn't fine enough to trap it either.
What about those battery-operated vacuums that go on a pole? Will they trap the ultra-fine stuff, or will it blow through them too?
Is there a better adapter for the skimmer that will stay on?
I end up sweeping it towards the bottom drain and eventually it's all gone, but is there a better way?

 

[PoolGate]

My robot cleaner has an optional fine silt container which gets everything. Perhaps consider a robot cleaner. Not battery the plug-in kind.

 

[ajw22]

The bag on my pressure side cleaner isn't fine enough to trap it either.

What cleaner do you have with what bag?

I end up sweeping it towards the bottom drain and eventually it's all gone, but is there a better way?

Nope.

I pay my pool service to bring out their standalone vacuum rig and do a cleanup at pool opening.

 

[Woody007]

What cleaner do you have with what bag?




Nope.

I pay my pool service to bring out their standalone vacuum rig and do a cleanup at pool opening.

I have a Polaris 280. I did find a finer mesh bag that I will try.

I've been wanting to build a pump like that, just haven't found a cheap enough used pump to setup.

 

[ajw22]

I have a Polaris 280. I did find a finer mesh bag that I will try.

Amazon.com

 

[Newdude]

I have a hard time with the adapter plate staying on the skimmer.

Is it the right plate ? They make a few sizes.
Or you need to turn off all other suction legs to have enough flow on the vac plate.

Or stick the hose directly in the skimmer hole and rely on the pump basket to catch any larger debris.

Your choice if you vac to waste or use the filter and then clean the filter.

I brushed my shallow end clean, then was real gentle with the slope and walls to get most the silt in the deep end. It took 3 attempts once a day so it could settle and now I will only need to vac a small area to waste.

 

[Homebrewale]

I vacuum very slowly by hand so that I don't stir up the fine dirt. On my last pool, I had a Polaris pressure side cleaner. I wouldn't use it for the first cleaning not so much for the fine dirt going through the bag. I didn't use it because the tail sweeping back and forth would stir up the fine dirt.

 

[Woody007]

I pay my pool service to bring out their standalone vacuum rig and do a cleanup at pool opening.

Would this pump be suitable for use as a vacuum? Picture from Marketplace.

 

[ajw22]

Would this pump be suitable for use as a vacuum? Picture from Marketplace.

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That will probably work. Its 1HP and a 3/4HP may be better.

For $50 it could be worth a try.

 

[Woody007]

That will probably work. Its 1HP and a 3/4HP may be better.

For $50 it could be worth a try.

Would it drain too quickly at 1hp?
They are asking $100 for it.

 

[ajw22]

Would it drain too quickly at 1hp?

It has more flow then you need. You may be able to put a valve on the suction pipe to lower it.

They are asking $100 for it.

Make then a $50 offer and haggle.

 

[Woody007]

It has more flow then you need. You may be able to put a valve on the suction pipe to lower it.



Make then a $50 offer and haggle.

Does it matter if the pump is designed for above ground pool? Will they all self-prime and pull from the pool bottom or does it need to be for in-ground pool?
I never heard back from the seller on the one above so I'm still shopping.

On a good note, the pool is crystal clear and clean now.
It took a couple of days of brushing and running the 280 with a fine mesh bag but the silt is gone, and I didn't have to backwash the DE filter either.

 

[ajw22]

Does it matter if the pump is designed for above ground pool?

Yes, it matters.

Will they all self-prime and pull from the pool bottom or does it need to be for in-ground pool?

Get a self priming in-ground pump.

 

[Pool_Medic]

Above ground pumps have water fed to them, inground pumps pull the water from the pool.

 

[Woody007]

Yes, it matters.



Get a self priming in-ground pump.

Would this one work? Supposedly came from an in-ground pool.

 

[ajw22]

That is a 1HP Hayward Superflo pump. It will draw 15 amps which can overload a normal respectable.

The 3/4HP in post #3 only draws 11amps at 120V which can work with a 15amp 120V outlet.

 

[Woody007]

That is a 1HP Hayward Superflo pump. It will draw 15 amps which can overload a normal respectable.

The 3/4HP in post #3 only draws 11amps at 120V which can work with a 15amp 120V outlet.

Darn, I didn't think about that current draw on 110v.
It was only $50 so I thought I'd give it a try. I haven't seen any other pumps with lower HP.
I'm planning on using threaded barb fittings that are snug on pool vacuum hose. Probably a 90 on exit. That will work, won't it?
Thanks

 

[Woody007]

Motor wiring question. Going from 220 to 110 which color wires go to L1 and L2 and does the ground go to motor frame?
I'll try to attach pics in a moment.

 

[Woody007]

 

[ajw22]

Going from 220 to 110 which color wires go to L1 and L2 and does the ground go to motor frame?

Going from what? You asking about changing a dual voltage pump set for 220V to 120V?