Fun With Auto Cleaners

I know many of us have used auto cleaners for years in our pools and for most of us they have given us more time to spend with our family and friends.  I make sure the auto cleaners run properly out on our pool lot and it really doesn’t take much to keep them going, but sometimes things can go wrong.

                It was a day like any other and I was talking to a potential pool customer about what they might want in their new pool.  The sky was blue, the sun was shining, and our neighborhood ducks were swimming two pools over.  Then out of no where the sky went dark and I was soaked from head to toe.  I was shocked and a little upset as I thought the customer had attacked me with a water gun but it turned out to be something less sinister.  The pressure side cleaner we had in our pool was about 10 feet in front of me and I saw what had given me such a drenching.  The hose from the bottom of the cleaner had come to the surface and instead of spraying the dirt into the bag it had attacked me.  The customer thought it was one of the funniest things he had ever seen but at the time I wasn’t very happy about it.  Looking back it was funny and I enjoy telling the story to any customer that will listen.  I warn them to watch out for that cleaner as he sometimes has a mind of his own. 

                Automatic cleaners make our lives easier when it comes to taking care of our pools, but no one ever told me they could give you a good story as well. – Thomas