Getting The Best Automated Cleaner For Your Swimming Pool

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An automated pool cleaner is similar to a vacuum cleaner whose purpose is to collect sediment and debris from swimming pools without the need for usual human control. Ferdinand Chauvier, a hydraulics engineer, invented the first-ever swimming pool vacuum cleaner. Chauvier liked tinkering with machines, and in 1974 he was able to complete the first automatic pool cleaner and later marketed the product.

Automated pool cleaners essentially rely on suction so that they can move and can vacuum the things at the floor of the pool. These cleaners are classified into four main types and categorized according to the drive mechanism they use: electronic and robotic, return-side driven, pressure driven, and suction-side driven.

Electronic pool cleaners contain a central component called the motor block, which is made up of a pump, a drive motor, and a processor. Once the pump motor starts drawing water in, the water travels through filter bags towards the top outlet of the cleaner. This action results to suction that enables it to clean the sides of the pool.

Robotic pool cleaners operate using sensors and are equipped with a timer that allows time adjustment of when the machine should begin and stop. These types of cleaners also come with a delay timer, which is an essential feature for many pools since most people switch off the circulation pumps at night to let suspended particles settle at the bottom of the pool.

Return-side driven cleaners need high amounts of flow and in the process require a dedicated pump. The Venturi effect brings the cleaner forward allowing it to remove dirt and direct it to the filter bag. The Venturi effect, named after Italian physicist Giovanni Battista Venturi, is the reduction in fluid pressure after fluid flows through a constricted part of the pipe.

In principle, pressure driven cleaners are fairly similar with the return-side driven type, with the exception of a dedicated booster pump that is designed to provide added water pressure and flow. This particular type of pool cleaner has become obsolete and fell out of favor to consumers because of the high cost of operating an extra pump.

Suction-side driven cleaners are normally attached through a one-and-a-half inch hose to a dedicated vac line on the pool's side or a vacuum plate in the skimmer. The suction generated by the pump of the pool lets the robot move forward to the pool's floor and walls and picks up dirt and debris while it moves. The first-ever automatic pool cleaner was actually a suction cleaner type.


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