How can you your swimming pool robot maintenance and the extend life. The swimming pool robot is in swimming pool water and is therefore subject to severe conditions.
Poor maintenance will shorten the life of your robot. Therefore below the Best Practices summarized for a longer life of your pool robot.
Always rinse the swimming pool robot filter.

Filter cleaning
After each use it is important to clean the to rinse out the filter of the swimming pool robot with the garden hose.
- remove the sucked-up dirt from the filter
- rinse the filter with the garden hose
- you can spray out a filter basket with the garden hose
- You can also rinse the cartridge filter with the
- you can also put the filter bag in the washing machine
- let the filter dry before putting it back in the robot
Rinsing the robot's filter prevents the dirt from drying and getting stuck. On the other hand, it also ensures a longer lifespan.
TIP : replace the filter annually
You can increase the life of your swimming pool robot filter at the start of the season best one coarse filter use and then a fine filter. This prevents the filter from becoming clogged immediately.
Use a cover to store the robot

Swimming pool robot cover protection
Most robot brands (Dolphin – Zodiac – Hayward) have a cover for the pool robot. This allows you to protect it from wind and weather and to store the robot neatly when you're not using it. In this way you can properly maintain your swimming pool robot.
Robots are made for outdoor use. Therefore be these devices, the controls and all accessories watertight. However, it is of course not beneficial to constantly expose it to wind and weather.
It is not inconceivable that during a heavy thunderstorm, there will still be water in the transformer whether the steering is coming. Among others also the UV beams of the sunlight have a negative impact on the plastic and the pool robot in general. (How do you protect plastic against UV?)
Untangle the cable from the robot to the transformer
Store floating cables
Different pool robots have different types of cables. Characteristic are their buoyancy and their stiffness. This makes them confusing and difficult to handle.
Store the cable neatly around you after every use of the robot cleaner pool robot good too to maintain.
The products solved this in 3 ways:
- a swifel : this system ensures that the cable can rotate without interruption. This ensures that the cable does not get curled up.
- program : Other devices have a built-in function in the program that makes the robot turn left and right the same number of times
- movable handle : a third solution is a movable handle, this also ensures that the device turns left or right

Nevertheless, it is important to neatly unravel and store the cable of the swimming pool robot after every use.
TIP : the cable is the cause of many common problems : the grass robot drove over it - the cable rotated in the roller shutter - the dog bit through the cable. So store it neatly after each use.
10 maintenance tips for a longer service life of the swimming pool robot.
- rinse the robot with tap water after each use
- spray out the filter after each cleaning cycle
- use at the start of the season, first coarse then fine filters
- untangle the cable of the robot after each use
- store the pool cleaner in a cool dry room
- release the robot not unprotected in the rain
- protect the robot from UV rays of the sun
- replace every year the filter, every 2 years the brushes
- check the propeller regularly on hair and dirt around the screw
- charge the battery of a wireless swimming pool robot regularly in winter
READING TIP : 2 new wireless Dolphin pool robots.
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Maintain moving parts of the pool robot.

Brushes, rollers and tracks
One last tip is one major maintenance, maintain your swimming pool robot on a regular basis. As an official dealer of Dolphin pool robots We cannot emphasize enough the importance of a good repair service.
Swimming pool robots having it checked at a regular time is definitely recommended. Then I think of the roller elements, tracks and brushes. You must check this every 2 years. It is not an easy job to do yourself.
The moving parts are the most subject to wear. Our own repair service has the necessary expertise to replace it quickly and professionally.
Here is an overview of the swimming pool robot parts
In summary: properly maintain your swimming pool robot
In summary, you swimming pool robot maintenance and extend the lifespan by paying attention to these 5 points :
- rinse regularly the filter
- untangle the cable and put it away
- protect the robot with a cover
- love our 10 tips for proper pool rot maintenance in mind
- regularly replace the brushes, roller bearings and tracks.