Aquabot Pool Cleaner Repair

Introduction

Aquabot pool cleaner repair is critical to ensuring healthy functioning of your aquabot cleaner at all times. These pool cleaners employ the use of 4D filters to ensure hygienically clean pools that improve user experiences. They make pool maintenance easy work taking away unnecessary stress and worry.

Aquabot robotic cleaners offer a wide range of robot cleaners with options for in-ground pools and above-ground pool cleaners. The compact-sized robots have a fantastic ability to clean pools spotlessly from top to bottom. However, these lifesavers can also develop faults over time, as damage over time, hence the need to learn about Aquabot Pool Cleaner Repair.

The trick to repairing an Aquabot Cleaner is understanding the cleaner\’s parts and how they function. An Aquabot cleaner\’s system build is pretty easy to understand. It has a pulley, a drive motor, and the shaft of the drive motor. It also has drive tracks, rotating brushes, and belts that turn the wheel tubes. Once the parts and their functions are identified, repairing an Aquabot cleaner is more feasible. This detailed guide will help with a better understanding of Aquabot cleaners and how to fix them.

What Is An Aquabot Pool Cleaner?

Aquabot cleaners are robotic cleaners produced by AquaProducts, Inc. They are high-tech automatic cleaners capable of cleaning a pool within a few hours. There are no vacuums or hoses on an Aquabot cleaner; it is simply lowered into the water to do its job.

Over a hundred models of the Aquabot Cleaner have been sold in the United States. From the Pool Rover Hybrid to the Aquabot T2 Plus and a host of others, Aquabot cleaners are renowned for their quality.

Aquabot\’s variety of pool cleaners includes commercial and residential pools, above ground and in-ground pools. Depending on the size and the cleaning needs of a pool, there are many options designed to meet a specific pool\’s needs. For instance, the Aquabot Breeze IQ is perfect for in-ground pools and can cover up to 50ft. The Aquabot Pool Rover S2-40, on the other hand, is best for above-ground pools of up to 40ft.

The Aquabot Cleaner is designed to scrub and vacuum debris from pool floors, walls, stairs, and waterline. As is expected of robots, these cleaners do a terrific job in pool cleaning. They have filter bags that catch debris as small as 2 microns. A debris catcher as small as 2 microns can trap algae and even bacteria. All of these features of the Aquabot cleaner make it perfect for achieving sparkling clean pools.

Key Features Of An Aquabot Cleaner

Though there are hundreds of Aquabot cleaner models, they all have some basic, general features. Here are some features of an Aquabot cleaner;

Easy To Use: One feature that separates Aquabot cleaners from their counterparts is their simplicity to the operative. Some models are easily turned on by pushing a button. Other models have a remote with which the user can easily control the cleaners from as far as 100ft away.

Durability: For such small-sized machines that spend some time in the water, these cleaners have a relatively long life. With careful use, they can last up to eight years. However, the parts will need regular replacement and repair.

Optimal Performance: Whether one buys an above-ground pool cleaner worth $300 or an in-ground cleaner worth $1000, Aquabot cleaners always deliver. Though some outperform others, it depends on how much one is willing to spend.

Planned Pattern Cleaning: The Aquabot T2 and Aquabot T4 clean in a pattern. They alternate between the pool floor, walls and waterline, cleaning the pool efficiently.

Safe To Use: All models of Aquabot cleaners are safe to use, even for the elderly or children. All a person needs to do is push a button and put the robot in the water

Dual Motors: Aquabot cleaners use two powerful motors. The motors share the load, thus lengthening the life of the robot.

Identifying Parts Of An Aquabot

Repairing Aquabot cleaners can be confusing, more so when the user has no idea of the parts that make up the system. As previously stated, an Aquabot cleaner\’s system consists of the pulley, drive motor, drive belts and drive tracks. Below are their functions-

Drive Motor: The drive motor of an Aquabot cleaner can be located by the filter’s side, under the filter bag. Different models use different kinds of drive motors. All in all, there are four main types of Aquabot drive motor. There is the;

White And Rectangular Motor

This type of motor was used in earlier models but has been discontinued. The Aquabot Turbo cleaner used this motor till 2010 when the makers pulled it out of the market. Pool owners that own a model that uses this motor can upgrade to a newer version using a retrofit kit. However, purchasing and installing the kit may be as expensive as buying a newer model.

Black Motor With A Metal Plate

The black motor was the successor of the former. It is used as a standard drive motor in most cleaners. Electric connections are sealed or utilize plug connections (most newer models use plug connections).

Round Motor

This motor type is widely used in commercial and residential pool cleaners. They look round and can be found in Aquabot T, T2, and T4. Electrical connections are also either sealed or use plugs.

Aquatron White Motor

These are the motors used in the cleaners whose system was built by Aquatron. The motors are used in both commercial and residential cleaners. Just like the rest, their electrical connection is sealed or has plugs.

Drive Belts: Aquabot cleaner\’s belts are long and look like a rope or a belt. They are flat on the outside and have teeth-like bumps on the inside. Their “teeth” are meant to go into the wheel tubes and the drive pulley. They are small and inexpensive but hold the system together. Drive belt damage is the cause of most problems from the drive.

The user should inspect the health of the drive belt regularly as it could get loose after some time. Once the drive belt gets too loose, it no longer fits into the wheel tube and the drive pulley. It then begins to vibrate unusually. The outcome is usually a damaged drive motor.

Drive Pulley: The drive pulleys usually have an off-white color. It has a similar appearance in most of the models. However, they are slightly different in shaft length and link type.

Wheel Tubes: The wheel tubes are the rollers from where the brush comes out. They are responsible for moving the cleaner around while the brush cleans. Some models use tubes with plastic shafts while others use wheels with metal shafts. The cleaner usually moves straight because both tubes move in the same direction. This excludes cleaners that use dual motors on each side. With those models, the tubes can move in different directions.

Drive Tracks: There are two types of drive tracks; standard and “G” types. Aquabot T, T2, and T4 use standard drive tracks, while Aquabot Classic and Aquatron cleaners use the “G” type.

How To Know What Is Wrong With An Aquabot Cleaner

An Aquabot cleaner could be having problems due to damage to any of the parts mentioned above. For Aquabot pool cleaner repair, it is essential to test the Aquabot for damage. Here is a step by step guide on how to diagnose an Aquabot cleaner\’s problem;

Turn the cleaner on its back on a smooth surface
Take away the lid on the bottom of the filter bag
Remove the drive track to get a clear view of the drive system
Connect the cable to the water supply
It would help if you then turned it on
Listen for the sound of the pump and drive system

If there is sound coming from the pump but not from the drive system, then the drive system is faulty and should be replaced. However, if the drive and pump can both be heard but there is a clicking sound, then the problem is the drive belt.

If the pump and the drive can be heard without any clicking sound, check inside to see if the driveshaft turns. If not, turn the cleaner off. Turn a wheel tube with your hands; this should rotate the drive. If, while doing this, there is no resistance, then a pin that connects the shaft is broken.

How To Replace A Damaged Motor

Replacing the motor is a tough job, especially with no experience in part replacement. However, one can follow the steps below to efficiently replace a motor.

Remove the filter bag
Turn the cleaner on its back
Take away the drive belt, side plates, and wheels
Remove the pump
Work on unscrewing where the motor is. There should be two or four screws to remove. Get the motor out.
Place the new motor where the former was located
Reinstall the pump
Hook the pump and cable wire together
Place drive belts, wheels, and side plates back to where they were.
Plug the cord and turn it on. Let it run for a maximum of one minute. (Aquabot cleaners should not run for more than one minute outside water)

How To Fix The Cleaner When It Won’t Move

If the pump is working, but the cleaner won’t move in the water, then follow these steps;

Check for a loose or broken drive belt. Ensure that belts are sitting properly over the wheel tube
Ensure that the bushing that holds the drive shafts is okay
Check for the plastic that enters into the bushing from the driveshaft
Replace the drive shaft if the plastic is not found

Place the cleaner in the pool and turn it on
Find out if the drive gear is turning
If it is spinning, then change the drive belt
If not, check for the pin in the axle that turns the gear
If the pin is missing, then a new pin is needed
If none of these steps works, then replace the drive motor

What To Do When Aquabot Fuse Blows

An Aquabot cleaner\’s fuse acts as a circuit breaker. It will blow when something is not right. The problem could be from the power supply or from the robot\’s floating cable, or the robot itself. Since the fuse blowing is just a symptom, changing the fuse may not be the answer. To get to the root of the problem, first;

Step one

Get a new fuse and replace the fuse (always replace with another fuse of the same value to avoid damage to the cleaner or the repairer)
Turn the power supply on but don’t connect the robot\’s cable.
If it blows again, the problem is the power supply.

Step Two

Replace the fuse
Turn the power supply on
If it doesn’t blow, connect the robot\’s cable
If it blows, then the problem is with the robot.

If the challenge is coming from the robot, then it may be the drive motor, damaged pump, or cable.

What To Do When Aquabot Does Not Climb

If the wheels and the threads are moving without breaking, but the robot still doesn’t climb, then;

Remove the cap and clean it out.
Remove all dirt and anything that may be blocking the pump from pushing water
Get new rubber thread
Clean the filter bag.

However, if the wheels are moving in a start and stop manner, then consider changing the drive belt.

Conclusion

The thought of manually cleaning a pool can leave any pool owner in a foul mood. Pool cleaning days used to be dreaded but not anymore. With the rise of technology, every aspect of life has been made easy, including pool cleaning. Aquabot cleaners come to the rescue every time pools are dirty. These cleaners leave the pool spotless and wonderfully clean without the pool owner having to lift a finger.

Sometimes though, the robot may have a part become damaged and stop working. When something as tragic as that happens, it is crucial to know some basic Aquabot Pool Cleaner Repair tips. However, the statement “prevention is better than cure” rings true for high-tech like this. In the end, ensuring good maintenance of the robot cleaner is more effective than having it repaired.