In addition, your pool circulation is best when operating with a drain and skimmer action, and water quality may suffer if left in ‘cleaner mode’ for large portions of the day. If Kreepy regularly operates for extended periods of time, longer than it needs to, you may see increased wear and tear on the Seal and Foot Pad.
Best practice is to remove Kreepy from the pool after you are satisfied with the results. Just as long as it needs to, which is generally about 2-4 hours depending on the size of the pool and the amount of debris. The Automatic Regulator valve helps with larger pumps to automatically bypass water, while keeping some skimmer action while Kreepy is cleaning. Generally speaking, a 3/4 hp pump is a minimum requirement, with better performance from higher horsepower inground pool pumps. With some experimentation, you can find the best valve settings for Kreepy to operate well. Too much flow and Kreepy may ‘fly around’ the pool not touching the ground, and too little flow and Kreepy will just sit there. And when even your skimmer basket is too small, you can connect an inline strainer between the first and second hose sections to trap very large volumes of leaves and debris.Īfter the cleaner is primed and connected to the skimmer (or other vacuum suction line), you may need to restrict the suction from the other lines coming into the pump (other skimmer and/or main drain lines), by closing a valve so that the pump draws less water from other lines, and more water from the skimmer where Kreepy is connected. A Locking Bar is available to help hold the Kreepy Hose stable in the skimmer, if you have problems with it coming loose.įor pools with large debris and lots of it, you can use the Kreepy Vac Plus II plate or other Skim Vac plate over top of your skimmer basket (which is larger and easier to clean than the pump basket, in most cases). The Kreepy hose may come loose if you don’t connect it with the Automatic Regulator, although you can use a hose adapter, but the Regulator will make sure the flow rate is not too high for Kreepy to operate properly.
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Once the hose is completely full of water, you can connect it to the skimmer suction hole, first removing the skimmer basket. With the hose sections assembled onto the Kreepy cleaner, submerge the head into the water, and then ‘prime the hose’ by pushing it hand over hand, straight into the water, or holding the end of the hose over a forceful wall return fitting.
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HOW TO INSTALL OR CONNECT A KREEPY KRAULY? With enough suction from the pump, Kreepy cleaners can climb sloped inground pool walls, but will not usually clean steps, swimouts or shallow areas less than 36″ deep. As it hops, the Seal (large flat disk in contact with the floor) moves a very short distance, before suction pulls it down to the surface again. The movement of the cleaner is created by the Flapper, a triangular piece of plastic that alternately closes off one of the two suction tubes, which creates a small ‘hop’ as suction is released for a short moment. It sucks debris up from the floor and brings it into your pump basket, or alternatively into the skimmer basket when using a Vac Plate, or into an inline strainer when connected on the other end of the first hose, that connects into the skimmer. Set aside any fears of fixing a Kreepy cleaner, they are easy to understand and you’ll be an expert very soon! HOW DOES A KREEPY KRAULY WORK?Ī Kreepy Krauly suction cleaner vacuums the pool bottom in the same manner as if you were vacuuming it manually, with a vac hose and vac head on a pole. One of the best features of a Kreepy Krauly pool cleaners are their simple design, with only one moving part. Hopefully I can answer your question below. In 1999, Kreepy Krauly was purchased by Pac-Fab and then by Pentair pool products, which expanded the product line beyond the traditional Kreepy Krauly suction pool cleaner.īut enough history, today’s post is an FAQ style troubleshooting guide for Kreepy Krauly suction pool cleaners. The product caught fire in Florida in the early 1980’s when the Kreepy Krauly won the Daytona 24 hour race in 1984. The Kreepy Krauly pool cleaner was invented in 1974 by Ferdinand Chauvier, a hydraulic engineer from South Africa.
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