Whetstone613
08-11-2021, 12:53 PM
I'm cleaning this pool for the first time and I'm not having an easy time w/the equipment. My last pool's skimmer was designed differently.
When I fill the hose and plunge the... thing that you plunge into the skimmer (https://photos.app.goo.gl/x1iQopZCMKZEe5Ke7), into the skimmer, there's no suction, which is not terribly surprising, because there's no seal made.
Now here are a couple of the shots of the basket from the skimmer:
* https://photos.app.goo.gl/iCupecTU3mHYkDGD8
* https://photos.app.goo.gl/Yfatfp1kohgHCbuw7
And as you can see, there's not much there for the... thing that you plunge into the skimmer to mate w/. However, if you look into the empty skimmer (https://photos.app.goo.gl/M1wBYRnw2j9dpoL39) you can see that it looks like the... thing you plunge into the skimmer has something to mate w/but the basket gets in the way. My understanding of pool cleaning is that you don't remove the basket when doing it--it catches a multitude of sins.
Please let me know if they above links don't work. Google Photos sez that anyone w/the URL should be able to see the pics, but I don't believe everything I read.
When I fill the hose and plunge the... thing that you plunge into the skimmer (https://photos.app.goo.gl/x1iQopZCMKZEe5Ke7), into the skimmer, there's no suction, which is not terribly surprising, because there's no seal made.
Now here are a couple of the shots of the basket from the skimmer:
* https://photos.app.goo.gl/iCupecTU3mHYkDGD8
* https://photos.app.goo.gl/Yfatfp1kohgHCbuw7
And as you can see, there's not much there for the... thing that you plunge into the skimmer to mate w/. However, if you look into the empty skimmer (https://photos.app.goo.gl/M1wBYRnw2j9dpoL39) you can see that it looks like the... thing you plunge into the skimmer has something to mate w/but the basket gets in the way. My understanding of pool cleaning is that you don't remove the basket when doing it--it catches a multitude of sins.
Please let me know if they above links don't work. Google Photos sez that anyone w/the URL should be able to see the pics, but I don't believe everything I read.