I need a pool cleaner that will work in my sun ledge area that has 8in of water. I would also like a robotic skimmer so would also be interested if anyone knows of one that includes wall cleaning?
Robotic Pool cleaner or skimmer for sun ledge
- Thread starter kpaul71
- Start date
- Jul 17, 2019
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- Pool Size
- 13000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
I'm not aware of any cleaner that will clean the bottom of a tanning ledge. I just give mine a good brushing when it needs it. The tanning ledge plus the stairs and benches takes about 2 mins and gets any leaves and dirt to the areas of the pool where the robot picks it up.
If anyone is feeling entrepreneurial, there would be a market for a robot that got tanning ledges, stairs and spas.
If anyone is feeling entrepreneurial, there would be a market for a robot that got tanning ledges, stairs and spas.
I have not seen a robot skimmer cleans wall. Look at Betta for example - great skimmer that is solar powered. Aiper makes one as well. The design focuses on skimming. Bottom cleaners focus on floor, wall and some do tile cleaning. Look at Aiper and Beatbot.
None that I am aware of will do a shelf as they need to be submerged to operate. Also, none that I am aware of have a sensor that stops them from falling off the edge such as iRobot vacuum for a home.
See this thread for more info
www.troublefreepool.com
New robot needed
I have had a Polaris P40 for 5 years. I'm over it - It needs too much $$ in rebuilds every year and the same driveshaft part keeps breaking. Also - it really does not climb my walls very good as my equipment is located very far away and I guess the booster pump cant provide enough pressure. I...
www.troublefreepool.com
Thank yall for the replies. My polaris robotic does a great job on the walls it can get to (front and left)but I have a shelf bench around the right and back side of my rectangular pool. The cleaner reaches the top of the shelf and then retreats back into the pool, it won’t stay there and climb the wall even though its completely submerged on the shelf. The sunledge is also on the right and fits 3 sunlounger chairs. The water depth there is 8 inches so a skimmer will work there but my cleaner will not. Those 2 walls get calcium build up since they don’t get the same attention as the other 2 walls. Im just tired of scrubbing the tile on those 2 sides. Help!
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A floor cleaner won't clean the tiles on the edges of your ledge. You need better water flow there and/or your water is out of balance. Now that you are a member here you need to get on board with testing your own water so that you can gain the confidence in how easy it is to maintain clean and sanitized water. Read the following links:
Pool Care Basics
Test Kits Compared
FC/CYA Levels
PoolMath
In these links you should find mention of CSI or Calcium Saturation Index. If you can keep that between -.3 and 0 you shouldn't have any precipitation of calcium onto the tiles. Now, CSI can be skewed by high CH or Calcium Hardness so that must be kept under control too.
Pool Care Basics
Test Kits Compared
FC/CYA Levels
PoolMath
In these links you should find mention of CSI or Calcium Saturation Index. If you can keep that between -.3 and 0 you shouldn't have any precipitation of calcium onto the tiles. Now, CSI can be skewed by high CH or Calcium Hardness so that must be kept under control too.
The deposits are coming down the tile from under my limestone coping. I test my water every week.
Then nothing in your pool nor a machine will correct that. What is causing the deposits? Water running from under the coping? Excessing washing off of the decking? How do you test your water? Using one of our recommended kits? Just asking since you're here now and should try our methods of pool care.
