Using Automatic Controls to Help Maintain Your Pool

There are many products on the market to helphandle the job of running your pool pump and
maintain your swimming pool. An automatic poolautomatic pool cleaner
cleaner is an ideal choice to help keep the poolOne popular unit Intermatic controls markets
clean. One of the best ways I have found tohouses a circuit breaker panel as well as dual
ensure the pool cleaner handles its duties on atimers. With this setup the filter pump and cleaner
regular basis is to set it up on an automatic timer.booster pump can be controlled independently,
When it comes to technology, the pool industry isallowing you to run your cleaner pump for for a
moving right along. There is wide variety ofshorter cycle than your filter pump.
automatic equipment available to control almostUse care when configuring a control setup like this
every aspect of pool maintenance. Someto always ensure that you have the cleaner pump
automatic pool controls even incorporate a saltinterval running inside the filter pump interval.
water chlorination system. While some may find itDamage to the booster pump could occur if it is
quite relaxing to know that their pool equipment isnot supplied with a constant flow of water from
relieving them of many routine maintenancethe pool pump
chores, the cost involved in some of these setupsIt's a good practice to operate your pool cleaner
may seem a little steep to the average poola few times when you will be present to attend it.
owner.This way you can ensure that it performs as
While fully automatic systems may be nice, youexpected and does not get hung up on objects in
may not have the need for such extravagances.the pool. After you are sure that everything is
One on a smaller budget can find some veryrunning properly, set it up on the timers and let it
good alternatives that are lees expensive. theretake care of the cleaning at night or any other
are several brands of timer controls that cantime that the pool will not be in use.