More specifically, I bought an above ground pool pump. It's a Blue Wave 1 HP pump. I bought adapters so that I could plug a short vacuum hose to the discharge side, and a vacuum hose to the intake side. The intake side will have a vacuum head attached to it, while the discharge side is just to dump the water. A sort of vacuum to waste, if you will. Mostly this will be used to clean above ground pools that have the pump filter that came with them that have gone green and the owner doesn't want to drain and refill. There are actually alot of those people in my area, and they are underserved. The problem is, I just tried it out on my in ground liner pool, and it is too powerful. It just sucks the liner right up. I know, I know, the brushes are worn down. No, it's a new brush. So, is there any way I can limit the amount of auction somehow? Is there a valve I could put between the end of the hose and the vacuum head that I could shut 25-50% to allow me to vacuum liner pools, both in ground and above ground?
As an aside, if I am correct, I should be able to add flocculant to these above ground customer's pools by using this same system, which when there is no vacuum attached would act as a sand filter would when it's valve is in the recirculate position. Am I wrong about that?
As an aside, if I am correct, I should be able to add flocculant to these above ground customer's pools by using this same system, which when there is no vacuum attached would act as a sand filter would when it's valve is in the recirculate position. Am I wrong about that?