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POOL PREPARATION
To ensure proper performance and eliminate unnecessary adjustment, please do the following before
installing your new Baracuda
®
G3
™
.
❑
Close the main drain - (This allows the flow to be regulated by the "Flowkeeper
™
Valve")
❑
Manually Vacuum the pool - (This eliminates unnecessary adjustment later)
❑
Clean the pool filter and empty the skimmer and pump strainer baskets - (filter pressure rises as
debris is cleaned from the water thus reducing flow)
❑
Divert the pool return inlets downward - (IMPORTANT!)
Your Baracuda G3 must move randomly throughout the pool. Water circulating at the surface will
influence the hose limiting coverage.
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TOP VIEW
SIDE VIEW
BEFORE ADJUSTMENT
AFTER ADJUSTMENT
To adjust the return inlet: loosen the lock ring and redirect the eyeball downward, then retighten the lock ring. If
the eyeball is difficult to adjust, insert a screwdriver inside the eyeball and gently adjust downward.
If the return inlets cannot be pointed downward, then you MUST install Baracuda return line diverters. They are
available through your Baracuda dealer (see page 17).
FOR POOLS WITH RETURN INLET
DIRECTIONAL FITTINGS
Replace the directional
eyeball with Baracuda
retrofit eyeball return
line diverter
(Part #90153 for
11/2" return lines;
Part #90155 for
2" return lines),
and reinstall
eyeball retaining
ring (see pg. 17).
IF UNABLE TO ADJUST RETURN INLETS
OR FOR POOLS WITHOUT RETURN INLET
DIRECTIONAL FITTINGS
Use Baracuda universal
return line diverter
(Part #24100). Pinch
wires together and
insert fully into
return inlet.
TOP VIEW
SIDE VIEW