We have had storms the last 2 nights and my pool really needs vacuuming. I have a Hayward widemouth filter. I have an attachment that looks to be for the vac hose - the hose attaches at a right-angle. I assumed you just slid it through the filter opening and put it down on top of the basket, but it doesn't fit through the opening. If I bring it over the top of the pool wall, a) air gets in and I don't want that and b) the hose can't bend up to to go over the wall. Is there something I am missing?
Dumb Question, How To Hook Up the Vacuum?
- Thread starter crokett
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You can put the plate on from the top and run the hose in through the skimmer mouth and connect them together inside the skimmer.
Ok. that seems a lot of work and not a very good design each time I want to vacuum. I guess I need to get a tooless hose clamp. I also found a site that suggests one of these:
The vacuum hose should be a friction fit into the vacuum plate, very easy to attach.
Oh. I didn't know that. I guess if it leaks a little it doesn't really matter. I will take off the hose clamp I put on it then.