I have been a pool owner since 2019. I have opened / closed and done the weekly chemistry on my pool on my own. I got all my info from friends with pools and the pool store prior to me finding this place and getting super dialed in.
I purchased my Dolphin Nautilus CC plus summer of 2019. And for perspective I have my pool open mid April -mid September. I open my pool and scoop all I can with my net and then run the robot with standard filters 3x and switch over to fine filters and run until the filters come back clean. I’d say 5-7 cycles get me there. After the opening I run the robot every Saturday and Sunday early AM so the pool is perfect for when the family wakes. That’s it. So it is 40 cycles per regular season and maybe 10 on opening. So approximately 50 cycles per season.
I never leave the robot in the pool much past the end of the cycle. I always take the hose and rinse the filters, filter housings robot and cord every time. I take the propeller cover off monthly to clean in there but I hose the top each time , bottom, climb wheels tread, every opening and sides each time. I hose off the swivel and 2 blue floats.
When I wind up the cords I lay it out flat and coil it. If I get resistance I don’t force it. I lay coil down and get the kinks out of the rest of the cord and continue. I store the robot on a Maytronics caddy in my garage.
So why do I tell you this ? I hate to say it out loud bc it ensures a problem is headed my way but I think my OCD maintenance routine which took me longer to write bc it only takes a few extra minutes to do, saves me $ by keeping my Robot healthy and running.
Shared for others who have issues with current robots to consider with their new equipment.
Good luck and happy auto pool cleaning to all of us.
I purchased my Dolphin Nautilus CC plus summer of 2019. And for perspective I have my pool open mid April -mid September. I open my pool and scoop all I can with my net and then run the robot with standard filters 3x and switch over to fine filters and run until the filters come back clean. I’d say 5-7 cycles get me there. After the opening I run the robot every Saturday and Sunday early AM so the pool is perfect for when the family wakes. That’s it. So it is 40 cycles per regular season and maybe 10 on opening. So approximately 50 cycles per season.
I never leave the robot in the pool much past the end of the cycle. I always take the hose and rinse the filters, filter housings robot and cord every time. I take the propeller cover off monthly to clean in there but I hose the top each time , bottom, climb wheels tread, every opening and sides each time. I hose off the swivel and 2 blue floats.
When I wind up the cords I lay it out flat and coil it. If I get resistance I don’t force it. I lay coil down and get the kinks out of the rest of the cord and continue. I store the robot on a Maytronics caddy in my garage.
So why do I tell you this ? I hate to say it out loud bc it ensures a problem is headed my way but I think my OCD maintenance routine which took me longer to write bc it only takes a few extra minutes to do, saves me $ by keeping my Robot healthy and running.
Shared for others who have issues with current robots to consider with their new equipment.
Good luck and happy auto pool cleaning to all of us.
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