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A hobby of mine since I was about 13 has been RC vehicles. One of my favorite types is trail/crawler trucks and I do run them through water or mud from time to time. Most of those electronics are waterproof out of the box these days, but I have also waterproofed some of my own rigs before it...

Supposedly the Lelands are nearing the end of their typical life span. I can't wait until they start dying and I can remove them all.

Surrounded by mature 50' tall Leland Cypress trees, and where the arrows are tow very large Crepe Myrtles. Also a cedar and a magnolia that you can't see.

Mine was in the pool full time. My pool needs vacuuming daily. It seemed silly to have to put it in and pull it out every day, and it also seems silly to me to build an AUTOMATIC pool cleaner that you can program to run on a timer once daily that CANNOT be left in the water. However, that's...

I can't wait to get mine apart (failed just after 2 years). Surely there is a compatible generic motor out there that could be easily sourced and soldered in to work!? I'm guessing mine is bearings, or brushes, or both. I wish there was a way to modify or even eliminate the test cycle. I can...

Hi y'all. My pool was once serviced by a Polaris Rover and a booster pump. It has a dedicated Rover line plumbed in, and had a booster pump when I took over this pool. I have since removed the booster from the plumbing, and rewired it for 110v with a plug for use elsewhere. I still have the...

Well, it was moving around. 😂 Ran it a few hours yesterday, when I get home today we'll see if it did much cleaning, and if so how much area it covered.

Gah-Lee. This page is littered with threads like these. When I bought mine everybody was saying get a robot it's the cat's meow. 😔 Mine failed about a month out of warranty. It actually started failing earlier, but I didn't think anything of it. It started failing the selft test now and then...

I gave something a try today, and I am pleased so far. I saw this Intex cleaner on eBay for $80. It'll work in my hot tub, but given the current situation...I wanted to see if I can make it work in the pool.

This is my pool. 2-3 weeks definitely won't cut it. Can't really see it but there are two large Crepe Myrtles where the arrows are. Most of the rest are old Leland Cypress trees, one big Magnolia tree. I may be able to cut it to every other day, and using some other solution through the winter...

I said the same thing for the same reasons...and here I am. 😂

I've already read it. 🙂

I'm going to attempt to find brushes for the motor and replace them, and have it rebuilt and ready to go if it's ever needed (if that is the problem). Maybe between having a rebuilt impeller motor on standby and sealing the motor unit up better I'll get a good second lifespan out of it.

I thought maybe I'd go through my new motor unit the way you did and seal everything up.

I think it's ridiculous to produce an automatic pool cleaner and then expect it to be removed from the pool when not in use and actively cleaning...but what am I to do? It will still beat manually vacuuming and still be many times more convenient. They might as well remove the ability to set it...

I've never tracked water temps, but our winters here in SC are pretty mild. Regardless, I won't waste that much of the bot's lifespan any longer....also not gonna manual vac it daily either. 😂 I have a big heavy green cover for the pool. The last two years I enjoyed not covering it so I could...

A lady named Laura called me just now from Pentair. She was extremely nice, and extremely helpful. She apologized for the two shops dodging me (not Pentair's fault) and asked me if I'm confident in my ability to change the motor unit myself. I told her absolutely, so they are sending me a...

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This quote has me hopeful one would be good enough in the winter. Here in SC it'll be 60 or better much of our winter, and it would be rare that water temperature was at or below 45. I wish I hadn't thrown away the old Rover...(it had many problems and needed a full rebuild so I tossed it) The...

Thanks, I'll check it out! If there is one model substantially better than another, even if it's pricey, I'd definitely be willing to at least look into it. I think I might email Polaris and give them my pool details and see what they recommend. I had a "Vingli" suction side cleaner that was...

My power bill at the pool house is about $70/month. I feel like it's pretty reasonable (that's a fully equipped structure with bathroom and kitchen along with pool equipment) so I'm not actively trying to reduce the consumption. That's just always a consideration when I do something new, add...

When I was using my robot I was running my pump 5 hours a day and things looked great. $100/year doesn't motivate me to replace the pump until it needs to be done.