Optimizing Performance - STA-RITE Calypso GW7000 Manual De Instalación, Operación Y Repuestos

Step 7: Balancing the hose (Figure 12).
It may or may not be necessary to add weight to your hose,
depending on your pool's size, shape, and depth. Try the
cleaner first without any hose weights. If the hose is too
buoyant, add the weight as shown in Figure 11.
Attach the Hose Weight
1" back from the end of
the first hose section
CALYPSO cleaner
Figure 11
Step 8: 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 Calypso 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 regulat-
ing suction through the cleaner.
Check the Hose Length; Remove any Loops.
Using a pool brush and pole, gently pull the Calypso 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 Calypso
to clean this area. Remove or add a section of hose if
necessary.
Adjust Filtration System Valves.
You may need to do some adjusting of the filtration system
valves to optimize the water flow through the Calypso 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 Calypso 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 Calypso. Make a note of which valves these are,
because if you have excessive flow through the
cleaner, you will need to reopen these valves some-
what in order to adjust the flow (See NOTE, above).
• Re-adjust flow as described in Step 5 on Page 5.
• With correct flow through the cleaner, your Calypso
should travel across the pool floor at 15 to 25 feet per
minute.
• If the transition from your pool's floor to the wall will
allow it, your cleaner will climb up the wall, possibly
to the top, before turning towards the floor again. In
some cases, the cleaner will lose its grip on the wall
and fall back to the floor. This is normal – it is a char-
acteristic that assists the cleaner to form new cleaning
patterns, thus cleaning your pool more effectively. If
the cleaner hugs the walls or hugs the floor excessively,
you need to balance the hose.
• When cleaning walls the Calypso will occasionally de-
tach itself and fall to the pool floor. This is normal.
However, when the cleaner falls it should land on the
vacuum plate and then seal itself to the floor within 30
seconds. If the cleaner lands on a steeply sloped sec-
tion of the floor, the sealing process may take longer.
This too is normal.
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