How do you hook up a vacuum hose to this pump system?
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Take the screen off the inlet and I bought an adapter that fits inside of the inlet that the hose to the vacuum fits in tightly. Works Great!
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On the inlet port remove the screen. Most vac hoses have an adapter that will fit inside. I installed an extra inlet port on my pool to allow vac bypass.
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Straight to the intake on the pool wall, I bought "Wanda the whale" vaccum and it works well. Make sure you fill the hose with water then keep it under water as you connect it to pool wall and vaccum. Should work then.
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We have not found a commercial vacuum system that hooks up to this pump. So we are cleaning the pool very creatively. For us it is a two person job and probably something you would see on duck dynasty, lol.
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I purchased an adapter from TCP Global (Airbrush depot). I used their hose which came with the pump and the adapter part number ABD A-Paasche or you can get the whole set of adapters (4) ABD A-ALL. Suggest you buy more than one.
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Typically you can just stick your hose into your water source and pull the handle backwards and forwards until the water comes out. If that doesnt work you can get some water in the tube and blow the water into the pumps housing. This helps actually get water into the body of the pump if it wont pickup the water from its source. You have to understand that you need to allow your water source to not be sealed up otherwise your container of water will create a vacum as you are pumping something out and do not introduce air. If your water source is sealed it will need venting to stop the vacum. I used mine as a portable beer pump. Cheers Typically you can just stick your hose into your water source and pull the handle backwards and forwards until the water comes out. If that doesnt work you can get some water in the tube and blow the water into the pumps housing. This helps actually get water into the body of the pump if it wont pickup the water from its source. You have to understand that you need to allow your water source to not be sealed up otherwise your container of water will create a vacum as you are pumping something out and do not introduce air. If your water source is sealed it will need venting to stop the... » Read More Typically you can just stick your hose into your water source and pull the handle backwards and forwards until the water comes out. If that doesnt work you can get some water in the tube and blow the water into the pumps housing. This helps actually get water into the body of the pump if it wont pickup the water from its source. You have to understand that you need to allow your water source to not be sealed up otherwise your container of water will create a vacum as you are pumping something out and do not introduce air. If your water source is sealed it will need venting to stop the vacum. I used mine as a portable beer pump. Cheers « Show Less
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You create the vacuum using the vacuum pump that comes with the ThriftyVac system, as shown here: http://youtu.be/wJbVzBciQcY
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You need a vacuum hose attached to either the skimmer intake or if your pump/filter assembly have an intake valve, then the other end you att ach itto the Poolmaster so that you can vacuum the bottom of the pool guided with a pole.
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First turn off pump. Then attach hose to cleaner and hold cleaner under water till the bubbles are released throught the side of the cleaner. Next submerge the cleaner and allow it to sink to the bottom of the pool. Hold the hose vertically and push it under water untill you reach the end of the hose. Water should start running out of the hose end. Now the hose should be pushed onto the suction outlet making sure to not raise the hose end above the pool suface. Now you can start the pump and after a short time the cleaner will start to move.
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In the picture you can see a circular disc with a 90 degree elbow. This attaches to your vacuum hose then you feed it though the skimmer door and the suction from the pump will pull the disc into place. I connected a rigid screw in PVC attachment with a rubber gasket all from lowes to my skimmer then back to the sand filter.
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Hi. You use the larger black attachment in the kit that has a large opening and a small opening. You fit the larger opening to the hose of you vacuum cleaner, attach the small hose to the smaller opening then attach whichever attachment you will need to that. Hope I answered this correctly for you.
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You will need to get your hands on the proper vacuum line with the connections for your car's a/c vacuum port on one end and for the pump fitting on the other end as the pump does not come with lines/hoses.
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Our pool guy said not to use the elbows, just plug the hose directly into to vacuum connection in the wall of the pool. The flow gauge is used to adjust the flow rate for the vacuum. The easy was to do it is to just set the valve on your pump so that you get about 75% vacuum and 25% skimmer. The other connector is extra too. Hope this helps.
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Hose hooks into where the vacuum goes. This gives u control of where to vacuum.
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I use an adapter (ok, a cut down soda bottle and silicone tape) to use it with my Shark and Hoover and a 20' small diameter shop vac hose. Works great on my Sammy.
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You will need a pole to attach to this device. Most are telescoping types. Pole allows you to push/pull vacuum head. Then you need a vac hose which runs from head back to pool intake. Finally, you will need an adapter which is isually a round plate sized to fit larger intake opening, and has a vac hose connection. Might be some good youtube videos showing all this.
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Power cord+pump+adapter hose fittings. Long time since..May have missed something.
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Place hose on wanda and the other end to the intake at the skimmer and turn pump on
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You can use either yellow house to hook up to the vacuum pump. One will be the larger size which is great and pulls a vacuum much faster. The other is the same size that is on an AC condenser
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I have a 4870 Type F-1. Turn the vacuum around so you are facing the back of the unit. Follow the hose to the lower right hand side to where it connects to the clear hard plastic cylinder. There is a quick connect from the hose to the cylinder. Grab the quick connect, turn it right-to-left (clockwise, looking from the top). Hose and connect will slip free. Unwind old hose, install new hose and re-attach the quick connect.-it will take some pushing because of the new gasket on the hose.