Install a Leaf Canister for Suction Pool Cleaners

If your swimming pool is equipped with a suction pool cleaner and your cleaner doesn't have a inline leaf canister, this one small investment can help prevent several different pool problems that can cause big headaches and be very costly.

When a suction pool cleaner vacuums up dirt and debris from the bottom of the swimming pool, it carries it through the cleaner hose and through the underground plumbing to the pool pump where hopefully it gets trapped in the pool pump basket. When larger debris gets sucked up and makes it past the cleaner, it can cause the following problems.

Underground Clogs in the PVC Plumbing - you really don't want this one to happen because it can be very expensive to call out a plumbing company to clear the underground plumbing line.

Clogged Pump Basket - a clogged pool pump basket can lead to a lack of water flow and insufficient filtration, which eventually means a green pool at minimum.

Clogged Pump Impeller - if any of the larger debris makes it past the pump basket into the pool pump impeller it can clog the impeller, again leading to a lack of water flow and filtration. If this happens the pump will have to be disassembled to clear the impeller.

A pool leaf canister will catch the larger debris preventing these three problems. Just be sure to pay attention and empty the canister when it gets full.

At a price anywhere between $40 and $80, this purchase is a must. Listed below are the most common leaf canisters at the best prices.

Kreepy Krauly Leaf Canister

Hayward Navigator Leaf Canister

Hayward Pool Vac Leaf Canister

Baracuda Leaf Canister

Large Leaf Canister for Kreepy Krauly, Baracuda, or Hayward Pool Vac