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Thank you for making it clearer for me. You’ve given me a lot to go on.

That link is very helpful, thank you.

Thanks. I may have given the impression I know something about plumbing. Splice it back in? Whatever I can reach? Unions? Sorry I don’t know what any of that means. Replace the whole sand filter for a cartridge filter?

Hello! My Hayward sand filter is leaking so I went to the pool store and got a new clamp and O-ring. Guy said to replace the ring I must “cut through the plumbing” and lift out the valve to access the ring. That I can do. However, how does one plumb it back to working order? There’s three PVC...

Replaced all O rings, all hoses, and still the vacuum only dwells in the deep end and RPMs less than 11

Thank you for your reply. Yes, hose is in rearmost mouth and other port has no suction. It's looking like i'll have to call a service to inspect or get a manual vacuum or else dive in and carry the Poolvergnuegen to the shallow end repeatedly throughout the day. I'm really at a loss, having seen...

One hole open, the other containing vacuum hose with regulator valve, which I’ve tightened to the max to increase vacuum power, at the expense of accumulated surface debris.

Max rpm of wheels I can achieve is 10.5. I have also truned the returns downward.

My vacuum won’t go in the deep end and unfortunately I can’t afford a robot. I have backwashed, checked all hoses, installed new tires, increased variable speed pump to the max setting (4), adjusted the regulator valve all the way tight, checked for leaks everywhere and made sure skimmer basket...