Recent content by mike6090

Think of FC as chlorine ready to do work. What can cause it to do work or be used up? Just a few of many things…. Pool water temp, urine, any organic matter like skin, hair, dust, pollen, rain, sunlight, Did you get any of the above? That’s likely where it went. We have cedar and juniper...

Got my Polaris Freedom out of the shop after a couple days. They said it needed to be dried before charging. But they ordered me a new charging base just to be sure. When I got home I plugged it in and it charged. Ran it in the pool and it did good picking up leaves, a stick and even some DE...

Hi Guys! I have been in the pool game for about 20 years but there is always more to learn. I have a 10K kidney shaped plaster pool from the 1980’s. DE filter, primary and booster pumps and a Polaris freedom battery powered robot. Just my back yard swimming hole. Thanks for having me onboard.

The filter that comes with the Freedom will pick up fine sediment and DE.

On April 15 we purchased a Polaris Freedom for our 10k in ground pool. Initially it worked fine and was used daily. In about an hour it completely cleaned our pool. On two occasions it flipped itself upside down on the deep end of the pool. I had to shove it around with the recovery hook...