Polaris 360 Pool Cleaner Sucks Tail Into Bag
One of the things you have to watch out for when you are using a Polaris pool cleaner with a long sponge tipped tail is the possibility of the tail getting sucked up along with pool debris.
If you live in an area where there are trees near your pool where large debris can fall into the pool some of that debris may get picked up by the filter and passed on to the Polaris. Once the debris is inside of the Polaris it will try to exit somewhere and it could end up clogging the water jet that the tail is connected to causing he Polaris 360 to keep sucking its tail into the bag.
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An easy way to tell if the tail's water jet is clogged is to watch as the Polaris runs along the bottom of the pool and see if the tail swishes. If the tail doesn't swish and is just dragged by the Polaris the water jet is most likely clogged. To stop the Polaris from sucking its tail into the bag first check the screw underneath the connection that the tail connects to is a flow control that controls the flow of water into the tail. First try to open the flow control up a couple of turns and see if the tail begins to swish. If it does you may not have to do anything else, but if it doesn't you will need to take the top off of the Polaris and manually clean out the water jet that goes to the tail.
The tail usually gets sucked in just after the Polaris is finished with running the reverse jet that pulls it away from the pool walls and stairs. The transition between when the water flow is restored fully, a few seconds, is when the Polaris will come down right on top of the tail and suck it up when water is fully flowing through the Polaris. If the tail was swishing as it is intended to it would be swishing away from the entry point to the bag and not get sucked in.
As well, with the tail water flow control, if you notice the tail swishing wildly you will need to reduce the water flow to the tail with the flow control at the connection of the tail hose. Usually try two turns at a time until it performs as you would like it to.
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