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Polaris G52 Back-up Valve
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Polaris G52 Back-up Valve Assembly. This is a factory original Polaris replacement back up valve. It has a timer mechanism inside that diverts water out of a jet every 5-10 minutes. This jet acts as a back up, pulling the cleaner out from the pool floor or wall. There is an arrow on one side of the hose barb that should face towards the cleaner. It is designed to go inline on the hose 5-6 feet back from the head of the unit. This back-up valve kit is designed to use with Zodiac Polaris pool cleaner models 180, 380, 280 and ... read more
all looked fine, so I ran some water through the paddle ... Delivered timely, new (in packaging), however when installed it did not function. I Googled "Polaris G52 problems" and came across a couple of DIY pool maintenance forums...figured I would take it apart to see if there was an obvious issue. Upon opening the housing, all looked fine, so I ran some water through the paddle mechanism to see if it was functioning properly....sure enough, it did not turn at all. I was able to get it to move by forcing it with a screwdriv... read more
Full Back-up Valve Works Great I was having so much trouble with my Polaris pool vac. What amazed me in the end is that I had so-called experienced pool people looking at it working--my pool maintanence man said it was working fine, when it was tilting and floating and going sideways and skipping parts of the pool. I took it to a Polaris rep at the pool store, and he worked it over, charged me for parts, and the thing still wasn't working. None of the people to whom I spoke mentioned the back up valve. I got to reading on my... read more
Full Back-up Valve Works Great I was having so much trouble with my Polaris pool vac. What amazed me in the end is that I had so-called experienced pool people looking at it working--my pool maintanence man said it was working fine, when it was tilting and floating and going sideways and skipping parts of the pool. I took it to a Polaris rep at the pool store, and he worked it over, charged me for parts, and the thing still wasn't working. None of the people to whom I spoke mentioned the back up valve. I got to reading on my... read more
Fixed the cleaner! My cleaner had not been working well; it turned out that the old reversing valve did not shut off totally when it was not reversing, so some of the water that would have been sent to the Polaris never got there. Replacing this fixed it, and a followup replacement of the feed hose made my 10+ year old Polaris work like new again. I'm a happy camper, and it was this valve that got everything good again.
Fixed the cleaner! My cleaner had not been working well; it turned out that the old reversing valve did not shut off totally when it was not reversing, so some of the water that would have been sent to the Polaris never got there. Replacing this fixed it, and a followup replacement of the feed hose made my 10+ year old Polaris work like new again. I'm a happy camper, and it was this valve that got everything good again.
Expensive but much cheaper than at store After 10 or so years my back up valve casing broke. I went to Leslie's and bought a new one for $90 because I wanted to replace it before leaving on vacation. However, after getting home I thought I should wait and check online. I found this, the exact same product, for $50 with free shipping. So I ordered it, turned off the polaris while we were on vacation, replaced it when we got back, and then returned the original. Hard to pass up savings like this. It's kind of ironic. It would ... read more
Expensive but much cheaper than at store After 10 or so years my back up valve casing broke. I went to Leslie's and bought a new one for $90 because I wanted to replace it before leaving on vacation. However, after getting home I thought I should wait and check online. I found this, the exact same product, for $50 with free shipping. So I ordered it, turned off the polaris while we were on vacation, replaced it when we got back, and then returned the original. Hard to pass up savings like this. It's kind of ironic. It would ... read more
Fantastic product and thanks to Amazon Reviewers Thank you all.My Polaris cleaner stopped moving, and the tail didn't wiggle. It is five years old and I thought it has reached planned obsolescence. Then I read the reviews and wanted to give a replacement valve a chance.Guess what, it works! My Polaris, its tail wagging is running all over the pool.My only observation is, it took more than an hour to get the old valve off and put the new one on.The nuts were so tight, it was unbelievable, putting it back, was equally a task.P... read more
Fantastic product and thanks to Amazon Reviewers Thank you all.My Polaris cleaner stopped moving, and the tail didn't wiggle. It is five years old and I thought it has reached planned obsolescence. Then I read the reviews and wanted to give a replacement valve a chance.Guess what, it works! My Polaris, its tail wagging is running all over the pool.My only observation is, it took more than an hour to get the old valve off and put the new one on.The nuts were so tight, it was unbelievable, putting it back, was equally a task.P... read more
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