Great video. I purchased a similar vacuum this year but the pole it came with is quite short. Are you using an extension pole. I found the one I purchased at my local pool supply does not fit the vacuum or my brush very well. Does your pole/vacuum connection jiggle at all or is it a nice tight fit? Thanks
Thank you! The intex kit I bought came with a telescopic pole that extends and is pretty long. It does have a slight jiggle to it but it's not loose enough to cause any problems, it still works well. I did have a problem with the head of the vacuum popping off of the body of the vacuum this year though. I wrapped electrical tape around the inner piece and that fixed it. I wonder if you could do the same thing with your vacuum and wrap electrical tape around it right above or below the pins so it can still lock in to the pole? I hope that helps, sorry to hear you're having trouble with yours.
So I believe this skimmer basket comes with an adapter for both 1.5 and 1.25 but you'd want to double check the description on the product page. I know it's meant to attach to different sizes of intex pools and came with attachments to fit different pool types.
What if I don’t have a second inlet? I still have pressure issues even though I bought the pump index itself suggested to me for my pool to use it with the skimmer…
Hi, i have problem with my surface skimmer, i got a new and isnt working too... basically i use my pump to clean the pool and it works very fine, but whe i attach the tube to the skimmer he just dont pull enough water inside him.... i dont know what to do... its an intex pool, intex skimmer... my pump have 3800 L/h
I had the same problem with mine when I hooked it up. Do you have 2 inlets? On my pool there are 2 inlet hoses. To get enough suction for the skimmer to work you have to hook the skimmer up to the inlet that's furthest away from the jet then you can either completely plug the other inlet with one of the plugs the pool came with that you use when you're cleaning your filter or you can use one of the gray reducers. The reducers look just like the plugs except they have a small hole on he end. At first I just plugged the other inlet but now I just have the reducer on it, that way it still sucks in a little water from that second inlet but most of it is being sucked in from the skimmer which gives it enough suction to work. I hope that answers your question, let me know if you need any more help!
amazing, the first of a dozen vids i got a statistic (1-5") of how much travel this has. ive seen it work at 0 inches, so thats atleast 5 inches of travel. this is important becuase if your pool drops more than 5 inches (kids playing) and you dont notice, the pump will suck air and self destruct.. is it really 5 inches max? or maybe 6--8? this is what im trying to figure out. Thanks.
I was in my backyard yesterday 🤬 I couldn't get the vacuum to work. I decided to return to RU-vid University! So glad I found your video. Thank you! It is going to be 90 this week!
Hello! I am a new pool owner and have this skimmer. It was working perfectly, up until (I assuming bc) accidentally took the basket out to rid the leaves. Ever since, I'm getting no suction. I've tried everything, even plugging the 2nd valve in attempts to get that pressure back. The file skimmer looks fine, just very low suction- any advice? I'm stumped
Sorry I'm just now seeing this! Did you ever figure out the problem? If not, there's a couple things I can thing of to suggest if you haven't checked already. At the bottom of the skimmer body there's a little trap that catches larger stuff before it goes through the hose. It sits under the basket so sometimes you forget it's there but I've had leaves get stuck there and block the suction. Also, and I'm sure you did this, but is the skimmer hose tightly connected to the adapter on the inside of the pool? If that's all good and you've already plugged the other inlet then I'm not sure what it could be. Make sure you clean your pump filter regularly, I rinse mine off daily but mine gets dirty so fast. When the filter gets dirty it kills the suction. I just upgraded our pump and it made a huge difference, I don't have to plug the other outlet anymore, but I know that's an expensive upgrade.
OK tell me on your pool vacuum my clear part that’s at the very end keeps coming undone. I can’t keep it on the stupid other blue part. It just comes undone no matter what I do. I am so frustrated right now because I want to vacuum my pool, but I don’t have one of thosenifty little things like you have the skimmer. I’m gonna buy one though.
How many gallons per hour is your pool pump? I have plugged my second hole and it still doesn’t pull hardly any water over the top of the ring on the skimmer.
I believe it's a 1000gph pump if my memory is correct. I plugged my second intake as well and that helped a lot but I have been thinking about buying a stronger pump this summer. Have you found a solution to your issue?
You've just solved my skimmer pressure problem! As soon as I plugged up the middle outlet, my skimmer started picking up with much more pressure!!! Thank you for sharing!
I'm sorry to hear that! What pump do you have? I did learn earlier this summer that it was easier if I cut the hose down to the length of my pool. Did you plug your other inlet? Clean the filter before you started vacuuming? If you've done those things already then it could be your pump isn't working as well as it should be or it isn't strong enough. I used this with my 1000 gph pump and it worked fine but worked a lot better after I upgraded my pump to the 2500 gph.
Minds had air in it and wouldn’t work for nothing I finally released the air pressure in the pump and then it work but remember your pump has to be 1000 or above in order to work
You're welcome and thank you! I'm glad you were able to get it figured out. Also I didn't realize it until after I posted this video but there's a reducing plug that I started using instead of a normal plug, it's the gray one with a hole in it. It lets less water through and still fixed the suction issue with the skimmer basket.
You have way too much hose. You need to cut it to the size pool you have. Intex says to take it to the farthest side of the pool from the inlet and cut it there. I recommend adding four feet to that measurement so the end of the hose can for sure reach the bottom of the pool at its farthest point. Be sure to remove the swivel attachment from the hose before cutting it. You will need to screw it back on to the end of the hose you keep. Thanx for the video. It was informative and helpful.
Is the actual body of the skimmer floating up, like it's lifting out of the water? Or are you referring to the inner part, the ring that sits inside of the body that the basket sits inside of?
I've had issues with the body of the skimmer kicking out away from the pool and out of the water if I didn't have the clamp tightened down enough to the side of the pool. If it's the ring that bobs up and down inside of the skimmer body then you might need to adjust the depth of the body. There's that arm that it's attached to, and you can slide it up or down to get it to the right height. If it's set too low the inner ring will float out. You want it just low enough that the ring floats about 3 inches or so above the rim of the skimmer body in the water. I hope that all makes sense.
Thanks, Thumbs up. I like the way you explain everything in detail. I have just received the deluxe cleaning kit. Now I need to convince my wife to clean the pool.
Were you able to convince her? I actually enjoyed cleaning the pool, it became part of my morning routine over the summer. Can't wait for it to be warm again! Thank you 😊
@@TheNiftyNester yes but I have a bigger pool with a sand filter that I also upgraded to a bigger one since the one that came with it everyone said was too small
Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean by setting. The vacuum feeds in to the inlet nozzle of the pool. It comes with a separate attachment that you screw in to the inlet nozzle and hook the hose to. That hose attaches to the vacuum and the suction from the pump is what powers the vacuum so there aren't any settings on the vacuum itself. I don't know if that answers your question but feel free to leave another comment if it doesn't and I'll try to answer! Thank you.
