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Posted by on January 23, 2007, 7:14 am
Haven't found a pump yet but LOML suggested siphoning out the few
hundred gallons as we live on a sloped lot that ends in a pond. Filled
a 5/8" hose with water and about 4 hours later MOST of the puddle was
gone. No attention needed. Idea carryover from emptying a water bed
with hose stuck out of the window. Worked slick!
On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:33:18 -0500, nospambob@vcoms.net wrote:
>We have an Air-Lok cover system that uses a small air pump to inflate
>the cover into a somewhat dome shape that does a good job of sluffing
>off leaves and Sweet Gum seed pods. Our mistake was reusing the
>plastic cover a second year and it shows by stretching and the air
>pump is unable to get it taut. Rain is a problem in settling in the
>low spots causing the water to collect. The shop vac has been used to
>pull the water out but it is FAR from desirable as it gets it's fill
>and has to be drained. Repeatedly!!
>
>We wonder what the positives are for the inflated cover compared with
>the covers that lay flat on the water with bags of whatever to hold
>them in place. A Google search for pool cover pumps found a multitude
>of variations on a theme but descriptions/details were woefully
>inadequate. A pool service store had one pump, maybe Little Giant by
>name, with a mesh on the bottom and place to attach a discharge hose
>that we didn't think would work for our situation. The directions had
>a caution/warning that the pump was cooled by the water and it SHOULD
>NOT be run dry.
>
>I'd like to find a pump to place at the edge of the pool with a short,
>hopefully 3' length, of hose to put into the water and a discharge
>hose about 6' or so. Ideally the pump would be self priming.
>
>Would like to read observations about domed cover vs. flat and how
>flat cover users deal with water from rain.
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