Polaris 280 Hose comes off

[elinor]

Hi. Polaris 280 problem - the part that attaches to the pool wall has broken. I've been searching for a replacement but haven't had much luck finding the exact match. I did try a universal wall mount, but it’s not quite fitting—it's a bit too small, so the screw ends up being loose.

I’ve attached pictures of both the broken part and the new one I bought.

Any advice or recommendations on where to find a compatible part would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks so much!

 

[ajw22]

Welcome to TFP.

You posted three pictures.

One is the diagram of the Polaris UWF. Neither of the other pictures look like parts from the UWF.

Another picture is of a LASCO 1 1/2" to 3/4" threaded reducer. It looks like whatever was connected to the 3/4" threads broke off.

The third picture shows two pieces of I am not sure what.

Show us the hose of your Polaris 280 where it connected to your pool wall and show us the pool wall pipe it connects to.

 

[1poolman1]

Hi. Polaris 280 problem - the part that attaches to the pool wall has broken. I've been searching for a replacement but haven't had much luck finding the exact match. I did try a universal wall mount, but it’s not quite fitting—it's a bit too small, so the screw ends up being loose.

I’ve attached pictures of both the broken part and the new one I bought.

Any advice or recommendations on where to find a compatible part would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks so much!

Your Polaris G-9 adapter is broken. Not sure why it was plumbed that way, but I have seen the wall socket get expanded so that the UWF doesn't tighten. You can try a lot of Teflon tape on the cup that threads into the wall fitting to take up the slack. You can get both the G-9 and another 3/4" FIP to 1.5" MIP reducer bushing and give it a shot. A lot of Teflon tape on the bushing.

 

[ajw22]

Your Polaris G-9 adapter is broken.

Learn something new here all the time. So old Polaris cleaners used a 3/4" threaded pipe at the pool wall. And the G-9 is used to connect the 1 1/2" UWF to the 3/4" wall fitting.

It sounds like the OPs pool has a 1 1/2" wall pipe (and that was never stated in the post) that the UWF fit in too loosely. So some creative repairman used a G-9 and a 3/4" FIP to 1.5" MIP reducer bushing into the pool wall to create a new 1 1/2" socket the UWF fit better in.

 

[1poolman1]

Learn something new here all the time. So old Polaris cleaners used a 3/4" threaded pipe at the pool wall. And the G-9 is used to connect the 1 1/2" UWF to the 3/4" wall fitting.

It sounds like the OPs pool has a 1 1/2" wall pipe (and that was never stated in the post) that the UWF fit in too loosely. So some creative repairman used a G-9 and a 3/4" FIP to 1.5" MIP reducer bushing into the pool wall to create a new 1 1/2" socket the UWF fit better in.

No, old Arneson Pool Sweep (the first really effective, widely available cleaner that actually worked very well) fittings had 3/4" wall FIP fittings. The G-9 was developed when Polaris started being offered and their wall fitting wouldn't fit a 3/4" FIP.
I had to do that once on a pool, make a 1.5" Polaris fitting stay in an expanded-for-some-reason 1.5" FIP in the wall. Only saw it once and could not figure out why it happened.

 

[wireform]

Funny how I got a new client the other day with a 70's plaster pool and there's a 3/4" threaded plug in the port which I assume is/was for a pool sweep. There an uncapped pvc 1"pipe stubbed out by the equipment, no motor in sight but a cynderblock where it looks to have been sitting on and the cb box has a circuit breaker labeled sweeper. Wondering what and how I can get that going obviously with a polaris pump of sorts. Anyone have the info.

 

[1poolman1]

Funny how I got a new client the other day with a 70's plaster pool and there's a 3/4" threaded plug in the port which I assume is/was for a pool sweep. There an uncapped pvc 1"pipe stubbed out by the equipment, no motor in sight but a cynderblock where it looks to have been sitting on and the cb box has a circuit breaker labeled sweeper. Wondering what and how I can get that going obviously with a polaris pump of sorts. Anyone have the info.

Proper plumbing after the filter, time clock, booster pump, G-9 wall adapter for the UWF.