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Thanks for digging in to help find a solution. I recently cut that length from the wall. It was almost 6' long, cut by the pool installer. I cut it to reduce the likelihood of the bad "S," putting the backup valve over the stairs. I could swap that end hose with the other end hose, but I don't...

Yep, the swivels and mast are all freely spinning, especially when pressurized. About 3' from the wall is a swivel, yep. The core problem is that the backup valve has a good chance of ending up over the stairs, and from there, it just cannot possibly pull the cleaner away from that corner. It...

Thanks for the tip. I moved the floats, and it got better, but it still gets stuck if the "S" in the hose goes the wrong way. I think the mystery around how these things work is really just a hack engineering job that is kind of reliable. For example, why would a float be specified right behind...

Anyone have any idea how I can fix this? Pools two years old, and I've been unable to reliably get around this problem. The cleaner supply is on the same side as the steps, and if the "S" in the hose goes the wrong way, then the cleaner's backup valve cannot pull it away from the stairs. Once...