When you are looking for an automatic swimming pool cleaner, you have basically three
types to choose from – skimmer systems, booster-pump systems and in-floor systems. It
doesn’t really matter which one you use as long as you do have a pool cleaner to keep the
water free from debris and harmful bacteria. The automatic cleaners save you a lot of
work, because it is backbreaking work to manually clean a swimming pool and it is
something that has to be done on a regular basis.
With the skimmer systems, the cleaner is connected to a skimmer and uses the suction to
continuously vacuum the pool. It consists of a standard vacuum hose connected to a
skimmer suction that roams all over the bottom or the pool sucking up the large pieces of
dirt and debris. You do have to clean out the strainer because it can get clogged with such
things as leaves that fall into the pool. You can also add a leaf-collecting canister to the
hose to avoid having to do this job too often.
If you want to have a booster-pump pool cleaning system, you have to install a separate
pump that catches the water on its way out of the filter. The pump then turbocharges the
water sending a high pressure of water through a flexible hose that moves about the pool.
Within this type of automatic cleaner there are two varieties – a vacuum head and a
sweep head. The vacuum head cleaner has a catch basin to hold the large pieces of debris
that the cleaner picks up and the sweep head cleaner have long swirling arms that stir up
the water so that the debris goes into a drain where it gets sucked into a basket. The
smaller pieces of dirt get caught in the filter.
The in-floor cleaning systems are actually built into the floor of the pool. This system is
for an in-ground pool because it is put in when the pool is installed. The cleaner consists
of heads that pop up on the bottom of the pool and spray jets of water that force the dirt
towards the main drain of the pool.
For lots of information on
automatic swimming pool cleaners and other related topics, visit The Swimming
Pools Guide at
http://www.theswimmingpoolsguide.com
