This is easy to test, just spin one of the 3 wheels on your Polaris cleaner, and they should all spin, smoothly and at the same speed. If the end of the tail wears off, or if the wear rings wear down and a hole develops in the tail sweep, this can release enough water to slow down the cleaner. The tail sweep has wear rings to protect the tail, and a heavy duty tip, wrapped in the foam tail sponge. I should’ve mentioned this earlier, but have you checked the debris strainer located in the wall fitting? By the way, if your strainer gets clogged often, you may think it better to operate the cleaner without the strainer (Hi, Joe!) – don’t do it! You will have a difficult repair on your hands, as you unclog the tiny orifices located deep within a Polaris cleaner. Back-up valves can leak constantly if they get sand or grit stuck in the gears of the hydrotimer, or if they have been dragging along the floor of the pool. A small amount of leakage around the swivels is normal, but you shouldn’t see any cracks or splits. If you don’t pressure test the floating feed hose, the first thing to check is for leakage along the hose, at the back-up valve, and around the swivels. If so, you can be certain that the water flow is making it all the way through the cleaner, and is powering the drive turbine at the correct rate. You should have 28-32 revolutions per minute of the wheel. By marking the wheel with an ink pen, and holding the cleaner under water, count the wheel revolutions for 30 seconds and then multiply by two. The pump can be pressure tested by using a Polaris cleaner pressure testing stick and a pressure gauge, placed on the end of the feed hose, to make sure that a problem of sluggish performance is not caused by the booster pump, or a leak or clog along the feed hose.Īnother way to check pressure is to count the wheel revolutions. Polaris pool cleaners, like the 180, 280, 3 Sport use a booster pump to provide 28-32 psi of water pressure – which powers the cleaner’s movement and cleaning actions. Let’s look at some of the symptoms and solutions of a slow and sluggish Polaris 380 pool cleaner. “It just doesn’t seem to have the power that it used to” Joe said, “Hardly climbs the deep end wall, and just seems a little tired…” As usual, Joe was ready to buy a new Polaris cleaner, and started asking about the Polaris 3900 Sport cleaner.
The symptoms that led up to the exploratory surgery of the Polaris 380 was sluggish and slow performance. One of the best videos of the day, was to be a simple Polaris 380 tune-up video, when we discovered some unexpected internal problems…
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