SANDSHARK
™
Automatic Vacuum Pool Cleaner Installation & User’s Guide
7
CLEANER ADJUSTMENTS & OPERATION
Cleaner Operation and Movement
Movement Around the Pool
Picks Up “Big Stuff”
Fine-tuning Valves and Connections
This section contains information describing the
movement and operation of your SandShark
™
cleaner,
as well as tips for “fine-tuning” your pool’s valves and
connections to optimize the SandShark’s cleaning ability.
For the NOVICE POOL OWNER for whom pool vacuuming
is a new experience, please read all of the following
points, installation instructions, and trouble shooting
guide carefully. Please note the following:
∙
“Vacuum” and “suction” are two words meaning the
same thing.
∙
“Dedicated suction line”, “vac port”, and “vac fitting”
are different terms for a hole in the side wall of pool;
this hole is connected to the pump suction and is
dedicated to vacuuming.
∙
Some pools do not have a vac port. If your pool does
have one, please read the “Suction Entrapment”
warning on page 9.
For the
SEASONED POOL OWNER:
The automatic pool
cleaner connection and vacuum flow adjustments can
be similar to using your manual pool vacuum.
Please read on.
Clicking sound
This is the sound of the oscillator moving back and forth
in the oscillator chamber. The best speed for it is about
500 oscillations per minute. The vibration created by the
oscillator moves the cleaner. If the oscillator is running
too fast, the cleaner will have a tendency to climb up
the pool wall past the waterline, or “walk out of the pool”
and suck air. Reduce the speed by adjusting the vacuum
regulator in the skimmer.
Random Motion
The cleaner will visit most spots in the pool within a six
(6) hour period. It is not specifically programmed, and
cannot see the dirt you are seeing. It is a random motion
pattern.
The cleaner was designed to spend most of its time
in the deep end, where most of the floor and wall area
exists. During a six (6) hour period, the cleaner will visit
the shallow end a few times.
The cleaner will pick up some debris so large that it may
jam. Simply stop the pump and remove the debris from
the oscillator.
NOTICE:
Each pool’s hydraulic system and vacuum
connections are different. Be sure you have installed
the
vacuum regulator
before you “fine-tune” the system.
This not only regulates vacuum, but also acts as a safety
device.
Pool pump suction is hazardous
and can
cause entrapment with severe personal
injury or drowning. Use the vacuum
regulator (see following instructions) in
pool cleaner system at all times.
Suction entrapment, injury, and
drowning hazard.
If your pool has a
dedicated suction port (“vac port”) for
vacuuming or for an automatic pool
cleaner, it must be covered when not
in use. A spring loaded safety cover
(the “Vac Port Fitting”) is included with
this pool cleaner. Install it on the vac
port to prevent entrapment and injury.
For details please refer to the Vac Port
Fitting instruction sheet included with
your cleaner.
WARNING
WARNING
