What is the shallowest depth of water in which this vacuum can be used? I'm looking for something for my fountain, which has water about 6" deep.
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JUJU is correct. The head of the vacuum has two slits on the top to allow for water displacement after it has been sent through the filter bag. If those slits are not fully submerged, it puts the vacuum at a high risk of burning up the motor.
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I would think this would be too large for only 6" deep. The entire head has to be submerged in order for it to operated and it's approximately 10-12".
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If you plan on running an pool vacuum from your filter you may want more power, that's the mistake I made. If you are not going to be doing that, then this pump should work. It's a good filter, but you're on the border line of whether it's to small. If you do get it you'll have to run it all the time compared to a more powerful filter. Sorry I couldn't help more. Hope all goes well
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The water pump has to be fully submerged. I've always kept the water filled to 2 inches above the pump. It doesn't seem to work that well if the water falls any lower than that. I have mine in a huge bowl that holds about a gallon. Hope this helps!
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yes, it works great for small areas. You would not use it to vacuum the entire bottom of a pool.
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it is as shallow as you want it to be if you don't fill it full. the tubing outside is about 6-8" tall so if you filled it all the way the main pool would be that deep. the wading pool has a drain at about 4" so it doesn't get real deep.
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I would think this may be cumbersome for that, and you have 6 or 8 inches before you submerge the collection chamber. It has to be under water to work well, deeper the better
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I have found things as deep as 2 feet, but I have not really used it much for deep soil searching. Use it mostly for shallow searching because it is a lot harder to find deeper.
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It's very low. You can't use this vacuum for deep cleaning. It can't even pick up rocks. Maybe I had a dud, but it didn't work well. I recommend getting a shop vacuum at your local Lowe's or Home Depot.
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No, we would not recommend using this unit to suction water as it would damage the vacuum. Check out one of our carpet deep cleaners for use with water extraction like the BISSELL DeepClean Essential Full Sized Carpet Cleaner, 8852
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Hi Patricia, i wouldn't advise it as its a submersible pump. For one inch of water you may want a pump that has a flat extension piece or something to suck up water. Hope this helps. The pump was okay...it was a little sometimish. We ended up getting the red lion pump but again this is for like septic tanks and the like
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I don't know if you have an above ground, or in ground pool. We have an in ground pool, and it hooks up where our pool vacuum hooks up. Sorry if you have an above ground pool, I am not sure where you would use it. Try asking the company that makes it. We love ours, so hope you can find a way to use one. It can not be used for leaves and large stuff. But it removes any small, float on top of the water stuff.
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Hi, this is Steve at aqua Products. Our cleaners do not know if the pool is above or in-ground. This cleaner is designed to clean and vacuum pool floors and if the floor to wall radius is at least 6" it may be able to clean a partial wall. Note: We have cleaners that are designed for In-Ground applications that scrub as well as vacuum but that is a consumer preference. Just make sure the cable length is long enough.
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I have not tried it either. A lot will depend on how powerful your vac is. when i used it i had 1.5 inch hose supplying the vacuum to the cyclone and the provided 4 inch hose to do the picking up of the dust. by the time the vacuum pulled thru all this it lost a lot of air movement due to the expanded hose and the friction in the cyclone. in my application i doubt it would have pulled much water even in to the cyclone.
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Maybe some fluid engineer could comment on this, but if you can pull water up a short tube that means water is being pulled through the filter. I have a 6 inch tube in an aquarium and that functions well.
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Thank you for your question! The water should be about 4 inches deep to ensure that the pump is fully submerged.
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It depends I guess on how low of a vacuum you need, this pump will get below 200 Millitorr/Microns with no problems, that's about 25 inches of vacuum. The 2-stages makes it get there faster. Hope this answers your question.
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Our deep end is only 5 1/2 feet deep. It does a great job cleaning the pool and we have been very happy with it. The only thing that I do not like is that the cord gets twisted up and doesn't allow a lot of coverage in the pool due to it being tangled up. Overall we like it!