Maintenance - STA-RITE Calypso Owner's Manual

• If the transition from your pool's floor to the wall will
allow it, your cleaner will climb up the wall, possibly
to the top, before turning towards the floor again. In
some cases, the cleaner will lose its grip on the wall
and fall back to the floor. This is normal – it is a char-
acteristic that assists the cleaner to form new cleaning
patterns, thus cleaning your pool more effectively. If
the cleaner hugs the walls or hugs the floor excessively,
you need to balance the hose.
• When cleaning walls the Calypso will occasionally de-
tach itself and fall to the pool floor. This is normal.
However, when the cleaner falls it should land on the
vacuum plate and then seal itself to the floor within 30
seconds. If the cleaner lands on a steeply sloped sec-
tion of the floor, the sealing process may take longer.
This too is normal.
Step 3: Balancing the hose using the weight
(Figure 16).
It is important to balance the hose so that it is only slightly
lighter than water. If the hose is too buoyant, the Calypso
will be pulled upward and outward towards the perimeter
of the pool and will not clean the deep end properly. If the
hose is not buoyant enough, it will drag along the pool
floor and impede the cleaning action, particularly of pool
walls.
It may or may not be necessary to add hose weights, de-
pending on your pool's size, shape, and depth. If you have
tried it with no hose weights and the hose is too buoyant,
add one weight (supplied) as shown in Figure 6, Page 4. If
the hose is still too buoyant, add a second weight, as
shown in Figure 16, to balance the hose. If necessary, pur-
chase a third hose weight to add between the third and
fourth hose sections.
Attach First Hose Weight
1" back from the end of
the first hose section
First Hose
CALYPSO cleaner Section
Figure 16
NOTE: Small bubbles can accumulate on the hoses, partic-
ularly when they are new. The bubbles can affect hose
buoyancy. Try to eliminate bubbles blowing from the re-
turn lines.
No weight on these Attach second
hose cuffs. Hose Weight
Second Hose Third Hose
Section Section
Step 4: Adjust Return Line Flow.
The water flow from the return lines can push the
Calypso's hose and cause it to turn away from an area in
the pool. The part of the hose near the surface of the pool
should be able to move back and forth in a reasonably
neutral manner and not be driven by currents in an unfa-
vorable direction.
• Try pointing the flow slightly downward and in differ-
ent directions to see what works best in your pool.
• If it is difficult to adjust your return line flow, carefully
loosen the nut of the return fitting and replace the eye-
ball component with the inflow diverters provided in
this package (they will fit many commonly used
fittings – (see Figure 17). Then re-attach using your
fitting's original nut. Finger tighten only!
• If there is a location in the pool where the cleaner may
tend to become trapped, direct the flow to push either
the hose or the cleaner away from the area.
NOTE: When adjusting the direction of flow, you will need
to allow time for the body of pool water to settle into the
new pattern. Watch the hose floating on the surface. It will
gradually react to the adjusted flow.
Figure 17

MAINTENANCE

Empty the leaf basket (in the filter pump's strainer) regu-
larly. Overfilled baskets make the pump work harder and
reduce the effectiveness of your cleaner.
Your Calypso requires very little maintenance.
Check the following from time to time:
• Make sure that the flapper valve is working and is not
obstructed with debris. If necessary, it is quick and easy
to open up the valve chamber. Simply
unscrew the nut at the base of the connecting tube,
and lift the lid covering the chamber (see Figure 18).
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STOP THE PUMP