I must admit that I was originally a little disappointed with my Zodiac T3 robot which we bought back in 2013; it didn't seem to reach all corners, or cover the whole bottom surface, and was regularly getting tangled.
Our pool is 9 by 4 metres, and I use 7 interlocking sections of tubing between the business end, and the vacuum outlet.
This Spring, I noticed that the rubber seal which fits between the pipe and the vacuum outlet hole (the blue multi ribbed affair above) had 'perished', and was falling apart, so I decided that, rather than buy an expensive new piece, I would make my own version by elongating the whole lot by adding an extra foot or so of ordinary spare vacuum pipe, and glueing onto it a cheap white plastic connector (see top photo).
I don't know quite what this extra flexibility has done to the robot, but it now cleans the bottom almost perfectly, and no longer gets tangled. In fact it's so much better that I did consider offering my simple invention to Zodiac; 'gratis'.
This is not your first pool-related invention, (Vitamin C ...), apparently it's a place where creativity is needed.
ReplyDeleteThere's a lot that can go wrong. One needs to be 'creative'.
DeleteYou are one handy person to have around Cro ...... you seem to be able to turn your hand to anything ..... Lady M is very lucky. XXXX
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't say that. I do try to find logical solutions to problems as they arise, but they don't all work!
DeleteA nice example of the old adage "necessity being the mother of invention"
ReplyDeleteHeath Robinson re-born.
DeleteWe just chuck in a load of water-snails in our pool. They do the job perfectly well and cost almost nothing.
ReplyDeleteThey'd probably do the sides as well. Do they come ready to eat?
DeleteIt didn't take long for food to feature.
DeleteIt must have been so satisfying to see your work, work.
ReplyDeleteI was shocked that it worked so well!
DeleteI've never watched the tv show but I've heard enough about it to say, Well done Cro Macgyver. Ever thought of opening a pool maintenance business? You seem to be rather good at it.
ReplyDeleteThe answer to that, Andrew, has to be, NO. I'd be sacked for incompetence.
DeleteInterestingly where I used to stay with friends in the Poitou Charente they had quite a lot of work to keep the pool maintained properly. The family's pool in New Zealand never seemed to have anywhere near as many hours spent on it. I wonder why.
ReplyDeleteOurs is 'landscaped into the garden', and receives plenty of leaves, plums, figs, and other detritus. It looks nice, but does make for a little extra work.
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