How do you vacuum a Doughboy and where do you plug in the equipment?

Answer 1

In order to vacuumn the pool you must first put in the vacuum and the hose. You can siphon the air out of the hose by putting it in front of the return to dispace all air in the hose line. Then turn off the pump. Insert the end of the vacuum line either into the port at the bottom of the skimmer in the pool or remove the skimmer basket and insert it in the bottom of the skimmer. Then after the line is secure, turn on the pump motor. Your vacuum should be ready to use (manually) or run automatically if you have an automatic pool cleaner such as an Aquabug.

If you have a slimline skimmer there is a port located just below the skimmer door it is used for the vac hose. After connecting the hose you put your skimmer lid down inside of skimmer and then you can turn on pump. By doing it this way you can let skimmer basket catch all large debries. This saves on having to backwash so much.

Answer 2

To vacuum a Doughboy above-ground pool, connect one end of the vacuum hose to the vacuum head and the other end to the skimmer intake. Place the vacuum head inside the pool and move it in a back-and-forth motion to clean the pool floor. Make sure the skimmer basket and pump are clean, and plug the vacuum hose into the skimmer suction hole to start the cleaning process.