Recent content by Davegvg

Yes, I have. Getting a suction side to work on both ends of the speed spectrum and no manual adjustment but it required a lot testing, but I found a fanatic working combo for my pool. Is your pump a 2 spd or variable speed? Try adjusting the flow keeper device to a lower setting to allow...

crickets here on this......Not surprised. Not recommended by the manufacturers from everything I can see.

This forum will overwhelmingly guide you to a robot. Ive had great success with suction cleaners and will continue to use them getting great performance, dead simple maintenance, and about 10 years of life with them. I like the zodiac suction side cleaners UD

How much swimming do you do in the winter where you live? I dont swim much during the week but do on weekends. Sometimes I won't swim for weeks. Other times Ill use it every day.

Always happy to help. I leave this setup like this for months unplug and skim a few days plug it in and clean a day unplug ...... Takes seconds. My experience is that gear and track/ wheel cleaners are more sensitive to continuous chlorine than the diaphragm type cleaners. I wouldn't...

On the hole in one - I used to buy a second basket and just cut a hole - I remove the whole thing at once the separate the two out of the water. If you are stopping the pump its pretty easy to move the detritus out of the way with a quick sweep of your hand. I don't think you'll have a main...

You can open the flowkeeper valve to a middle or low position - this way a % of the flow will be directed to the skimmer. A hole in one basket works well here. Since the vac plugs right into the intake port - not much changes - the flow keeper may pull a bit from the main vs skimmer You can...

I have a sand filter so backwashing is easy and I dont lose enough media to matter. UD

How long does it take to fully clean your pool?

I run this for a half a day every couple of days, maybe a full day after a storm and it sits here like this for months. Certainly all winter. There is only the occasional removal of the leaf trap - which is easier and quicker than a pressure cleaner, or robot because it does not need to be...

Thanks, I wish I paid 13.5 C/KWH. It runs pretty cheap. I love the kill o watt product. I could say my cleaner cost me nothing to clean my pool because the cleaner hitches a ride on the pump I'm running anyway - at the same power I run to skim- I dont have to bump power to get it to work...

Best setup for a variable speed pump and suction cleaner I've found is the Zodiac T5. I like the G series as well, but the round mat doesnt climb out of eth deep end as well as the squared mat T5 at low watts. Kreepies take more wattage to keep from getting stuck in my experience. I can run...

I paid I think 250 bones when I bought it, they are a little more now. This G3 was donated to a friend as a "first pool gift" and is 7-8 years in now gets run several days a weekend stays in the water nov -jan, it's needed 1- 20 dollar diaphragm. I think all suction side cleaners need some...