rule pump HOW CAN I BE SURE????? Love it so far, but how can I be sure it is only taking off of cover and not sucking waater out of pool?
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If it is pumping water from under the cover, your pool water will drop noticely in just a few days. Let your pump do its job and your cover should be completely dry in a day or two. If not, then maybe your cover is letting water through from under cover.
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I have a 27 foot round pool. I always have my filter running when I use the Rover, and have never saw it get moved around. It is extremely heavy once it fills up with water, which is what makes it sink to the bottom of the pool and not float back up. I have a pretty hard time getting it pulled back up and over the side of the pool when it's finished, especially if it's full of leaves too.
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As with all backup systems of any kind, you should occasionally check its operation. I check mine about every 6 months, especially in early spring when most of my water starts to come in to the sump pump. All I do is unplug the main sump pump and wait to make sure the basepump kicks on. If there is no water coming into the sump, I have to run a garden hose into the sump to test it. The first year I had it, one of my tests failed because I must have not clamped the float down tight enough and the float got caught on the side of the sump wall and wouldn't raise but that was my fault for not tightening down the clamp enough. Thats why its always good to test any backup, no matter what it is. As with all backup systems of any kind, you should occasionally check its operation. I check mine about every 6 months, especially in early spring when most of my water starts to come in to the sump pump. All I do is unplug the main sump pump and wait to make sure the basepump kicks on. If there is no water coming into the sump, I have to run a garden hose into the sump to test it. The first year I had it, one of my tests failed because I must have not clamped the float down tight enough and the float got caught on the side of the sump wall and wouldn't raise but that was my fault for not... » Read More As with all backup systems of any kind, you should occasionally check its operation. I check mine about every 6 months, especially in early spring when most of my water starts to come in to the sump pump. All I do is unplug the main sump pump and wait to make sure the basepump kicks on. If there is no water coming into the sump, I have to run a garden hose into the sump to test it. The first year I had it, one of my tests failed because I must have not clamped the float down tight enough and the float got caught on the side of the sump wall and wouldn't raise but that was my fault for not tightening down the clamp enough. Thats why its always good to test any backup, no matter what it is. « Show Less
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The best way we found to complete drain/dryout the pool/slide (sidewinder) is to turn off blower and allowing deflate and drain like normally would (be sure to open plugs under pool). Then once most of the water has drain roll (like a toothpaste tube) pressing as much out water as possible. Then unroll and re-inflate - - - -this should help the trapped water to escape via the seams, etc...allow to stand atleast 15-20 minutes and then deflate and re-roll again. Hopefully this helps!!
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There is a flow control on the pump itself. You have to take the pump out and you will see it.
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Hi, How we drained ours is there is a plug like thing on the bottom of the pool on the outside by your pump, we unscrewed it a little at a time to prevent the yard from flooding... Hope that helps, btw do not leave pool empty without taking it apart we made that mistake and the wind picked it up off the ground
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This pump works for you. You can keep it on the pool cover. When there is water over 1.25", the pump will automatically start to pump water out. Once water level lowers down to .25" the pump will stop.
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I take it out when it when there is a hard freeze. The water in the pump could freeze and crack the case. I put it back into the pool in the spring .It also could freeze onto the cover and tear the cover during the thawing and refreezing of late winter.
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Just leave it alone. It's part of the sensing operation. Still think it is a great little pump!
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I live in Las Vegas and oddly enough my pool is always cold, even in the middle of summer. Something about the ground here sucks all the heat out. After a week in the sun with this cover on, I stuck my hand in and the water was nice and warm, so I pulled the cover off and jumped in. It turns out that only the top several inches were warm. The rest of the pool was ice cold. Maybe if I ran the pump continuously it might have helped but that can lead to a seriously high power bill. So my results are mixed. Yes it does heat some of the water, but without the pump running 24/7 don't expect the whole pool to be warm. Of course, maybe your ground is not like ours. I live in Las Vegas and oddly enough my pool is always cold, even in the middle of summer. Something about the ground here sucks all the heat out. After a week in the sun with this cover on, I stuck my hand in and the water was nice and warm, so I pulled the cover off and jumped in. It turns out that only the top several inches were warm. The rest of the pool was ice cold. Maybe if I ran the pump continuously it might have helped but that can lead to a seriously high power bill. So my results are mixed. Yes it does heat some of the water, but without the pump running 24/7 don't expect the... » Read More I live in Las Vegas and oddly enough my pool is always cold, even in the middle of summer. Something about the ground here sucks all the heat out. After a week in the sun with this cover on, I stuck my hand in and the water was nice and warm, so I pulled the cover off and jumped in. It turns out that only the top several inches were warm. The rest of the pool was ice cold. Maybe if I ran the pump continuously it might have helped but that can lead to a seriously high power bill. So my results are mixed. Yes it does heat some of the water, but without the pump running 24/7 don't expect the whole pool to be warm. Of course, maybe your ground is not like ours. « Show Less
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I bought this same pool last summer and have 3 dogs that like to climb all over it while we are swimming. I have had no holes in my pool yet. I love mine! I recommend buying a different pump because the one that comes with it is real small. I bought the Intex sand filter. I put sand in it last year and it is still working great. With a cartridge filter you will be changing it every couple of weeks.
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If you lay it out flat on the ground, you'll see some of the holes in some of the areas. Feed the string through the holes around the outside - not back and forth across. Then just kinda pull the cover over the pool. If you have two people it's easier. Once on the top of the pool, pull the strings tight and loop them under the corners. It's really and not very friendly design...
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I have you used my air compressor and am very careful not to overinflate the pool. The air compressor fills the pool in just a few minutes.
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Ours does the same thing. It appears to be stuck but there's nothing to be stuck on. It seems to be doing the job of keeping the pool bottom fairly clean however.
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I have used mine for hrs at a time w/o rest pumping 100s of gallons from my pool. It has not gone off and on like you say so I don't know. I have pulled it out of water for a moment. It went off. Then it was immediately back on once it is back in the water.
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Any air leak upstream of the pump will kill the draw. The input fitting came loose on mine and allowed air to slip past the o-ring, killing the draw for me at one point. Any obstruction will do the same. Also, if the hose/tube you're using for pickup gets locked against the bottom (like putting your hand to a shop-vac hose), then you'll get obvious results, so be sure to use a stand-off and/or filter screen to help prevent this.
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I am sorry, I cannot answer this question as we have not had the problem. Ours works great... do you start it at the far side of the pool? We do have a bit of an issue of it getting stuck at the ladder, but we try to keep an eye on it and move it along if it happens. We use ours a lot and eventually the pool gets covered.