How Do You Diagnose Quikclean II Swimming Pool Popup Problems?
An in-ground swimming pool using a Quikclean automatic cleaner uses water pressure from the pool pump to operate popup cleaning heads. The popup heads operate in zones. The pool will use multiple cleaning zones designed to sweep debris to the pool sump where it will be drawn into the pool filter. Use the following steps to determine what is causing popup failures. Verify all popup zones operate correctly. Once you have identified a faulty zone, determine if any popups in the zone operate. If none of the popups in the zone operated, check the Quikclean valve assembly is working correctly. Listen to the valve assembly. You should be able to hear the ‘clockwork’ mechanism as it rotates. You may have to repair the valve assembly and replace some of its internal components. (See the related article, ‘How to repair a Quikclean Automatic pool cleaner’.) If the cleaning zones cycle correctly, but a single popup fails to operate, check the pool filter pressure gauge when the zone is operating.
