You usually don't have to, but if there is a large amount of debris on the cover, you may have to rinse the cover off. Change the rotation of directions. You need to let the cover dry first then roll it up. Store the cover somewhere where mice and ants cannot make a summer home, or you might end up with chewed holes!

Consider the following:

• Most robotic cleaners have a one-hour and three-hour setting. The one-hour setting will run for one hour and clean only the bottom of the pool. The three-hour setting will run that amount of time and will clean the bottom and the walls.
• The robotic cleaner is not designed to run on an extension cord. It is not recommended, but if you must use an extension cord, make sure the cord is as heavy-duty as possible and as short as possible.
• After each time the cleaner is used, remove from the pool. The cord must be disconnected.
• The bag on the robotic cleaner should be removed and hosed off after each cleaning. If the bag is very dirty, it can be put in the washing machine on a gentle cycle with detergent, then put back on the robotic cleaner to dry.
• Do not drag or roll the robotic cleaner over on the pool deck. And scuffs or jagged edges on a cleaner can cut and damage liners. Inspect the robot often for any sharp or jagged edges!
•  At the end of the season, it is required that the robotic cleaner, cord, and power supply be brought inside a warm garage or house for winter storage. FREEZING WILL DAMAGE THE ROBOTIC CLEANER!

All questions and concerns can usually be answered at www.smartpool.com, which has some videos and manuals for your cleaner. If not, please call Yorktown Pools & Spas.

Pool water composition always includes some undesirable elements that contaminate the water and reduce the sanitizer efficiency. Material including hair spray, suntan oil, cosmetics, perspiration, and other organic materials react to combine with the chlorine in the water to form “combined chlorine.”

Once “combined chlorine” forms, it acts as a very poor disinfectant, contributing to eye and skin irritations and unpleasant chlorine odors. Swimming pools with this problem are often inaccurately accused of having too much chlorine. Routine shock treatment is necessary to destroy combined chlorine compounds and restore the chlorine sanitizer to “free chlorine” efficiency. A swimming pool can be shock treated by adding large doses of chlorine, commonly referred to as super chlorination.

Filtration, the mechanical system for removing visible matter from the water, is important to swimming pool quality because the filter removes hair, dirt, minute skin flakes, metal or calcium precipitates, and other visible debris. Without the filter, these things would cause the swimming pool water to be hazy and cloudy.

Usually a normal, periodic rinse and backwashing will remove the majority of dirt from the otherwise clean filter. However, over time, grease, oils, and scale can attack and build up on the sand, causing short filter runs, reduced circulation, and swimming pool water that does not want to clear up. To prevent this, we recommend mid-season and end-of-season cleaning.