Optimizing Performance - Flotec FPPC-5850 Manual Del Usuario

Installation
Step 6: Start the filter system pump.
Start the pump and set the valves at the filter to draw most
of the water through the cleaner.
Close the main drain (floor drain) and any additional
skimmers.
Allow a few minutes to flush excess air from the system.
With water flowing properly through the system, the hose
and the Cleaner will start to jerk. Your cleaner should pull
itself against the pool bottom and move across it at a rate
of 15 to 25 feet per minute.

OPTIMIZING PERFORMANCE

Hazardous suction. Can trap hair or body
and cause death or serious injury.
Do not fit parts to the suction intake while the filter
pump is running.
Be sure that you properly install the regulator valve
before you turn on the pump and fine-tune your cleaning
system. The valve acts as a safety device as well as regu-
lating suction through the cleaner.
Step 1: Check the Hose Length; Remove any Loops.
Using a pool brush and pole, gently pull the Cleaner to
the area of the pool furthest from the vacuum connection.
Make sure that any loops in the hose are pulled out.
The hose should be just long enough to allow the Cleaner
to clean this area. Remove or add a section of hose if
necessary.
Step 2: Adjust Filtration System Valves.
You may need to do some adjusting of the filtration system
valves to optimize the water flow through the Cleaner for
best cleaner operation.
NOTE: Optimizing the water flow does not mean maxi-
mizing the flow through the cleaner. In fact, to ensure a
random pattern of travel that will enable the Cleaner to
reach all areas of your pool, it is better to use less suction,
not more.
• Turn on the pump.
• If you have not already done so, close the valve that
controls the flow through the main drain in the floor of
the pool.
• If your pool has a skimmer as well as a dedicated wall
fitting, or more than one skimmer, adjust the filter
valve/s so that most of the water will be drawn through
the Cleaner. Make a note of which valves these are,
because if you have excessive flow through the clean-
er, you will need to reopen these valves somewhat in
order to adjust the flow (See NOTE, above).
• Now take a look at the regulator valve and determine
whether the base of the sliding barrel has moved into
the area of the yellow band.
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NOTE: If the skimmer dimensions do not allow you to see
the yellow band on the regulator valve, as a TEMPORARY
MEASURE while you optimize your cleaner, do the
following:
• S and detach the valve from the skimmer.
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• Separate the hose and attach the valve between two
hose sections.
• Reconnect to the skimmer with the last hose section.
• Have a helper hold the valve under water to prevent it
from sucking air.
• Start the pump and do the checks described above.
• Watch the sliding cylinder in the skimmer (or have
your helper watch it in the pool). If the base of the
sliding cylinder covers most or all of the yellow band,
this indicates at least maximum and probably exces-
sive flow through the Cleaner. Open a filter valve a lit-
tle at a time to allow some flow to bypass the cleaner.
Preferably the excess flow should be diverted to a
skimmer.
Figure 15
Aligning the sliding cylinder with the start or middle of the
yellow band on the valve body will assure good operation
of the Cleaner.
• Once you have correctly regulated the flow,
, remove the valve from the hose, reconnect it to
PUMP
the end of the hose and reinstall it in the skimmer. DO
NOT operate the cleaner with the regulator connected
between two hose sections.
• With correct flow through the cleaner, your Cleaner
should travel across the pool floor at 15 to 25 feet per
minute.
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