KREEPY-KRAULY Ties itself into a knot while cleaning
Ties itself into a knot while cleaning around the pool. Untangle and all seems ok, but within moments, it's all tied up again. Otherwise, working fine. Not sure of the exact brand model (I don't know if it's Pentair or not), but it is a Kreepy Krauly - over 10yrs old perhaps 20yrs.
Pool & Spa - Pentair - Kreepy Krauly Inground Automatic Cleaner
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Solution:
We removed 2 portions of hose located at the Krauly end, and attached those at the filter end, then we took the 2 portions located at the filter end, and placed those at the beginning of the Krauly end.
Apparently the problem was that the 2 portions of hosing at the Krauly end had become "twisted" and continually enabled the Krauly to move in the knot tying direction. By replacing these 2 portions at the Krauly end with "un-twisted" portions from the filter end, this ended the twisting cycle.
The Krauly has been running for 48hours straight now without a single knotting episode.
If we see the knot tying direction beginning again, we will repeat these steps, continually replacing with un-twisted portions.
At 1st we thought we needed to purchase some new tubing, but we didn't have to, only needed to move around some hosing.