Pool Robot Has Weak Suction: From Basket to Impeller
Weak suction almost always lives in one of four spots between the intake and the impeller. Walk the flow path in the order water actually travels and you will usually…
Troubleshooting
When your robot floats in place, stops mid cycle, or will not power on at all, start here. Each guide follows the same approach: the symptom, the likely causes ranked from most to least common, and the checks that separate them, in the order that wastes the least of your time. We cover robots that will not climb, cords that keep tangling, error lights, tripped outlets, weak suction, and cleaners that miss the same corner every run. Most fixes here need no tools beyond your hands and a garden hose. Where a repair is genuinely a job for the service center, we say so plainly, along with what it typically costs and when replacement makes more sense than repair.
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Pool Robot Floats or Won’t Sink: Air and Buoyancy
A robot that will not sink is almost always trapped air, not a broken part. Here is the physics behind it, the burp technique that clears it, and the routine…
Water Inside the Pool Robot Housing: How Bad Is It?
Fog on a lens, a damp bay, or standing water inside the shell all look alarming but mean very different things. Here is how to tell condensation, a seep, and…