Khenic

Hi everybody! I'm still around, sorry for no replies, it's just we finally moved and we didn't have the internet for almost 2 weeks. We still have the tub though!! When I have more time I will read through any newer replies anyone left and we'll soon discuss how we're going to handle the hot tub. It's still cold and snowy here.

Thanks for the replies guys. I think we're going to hold off for a little while until the weather warms up. We're also going to go to a spar place and see what they say, and chances are pick up some new chemicals too. Don't worry though, we're not going to bathe in it until we find out more about what we're doing and hopefully drain it and get new water in it (helps my peace of mind).

Oh I was wondering. I was thinking of taking some pictures of the tub today, can I post pictures on this forum?

Thanks every, and Simonc for all your help. Well we looked at the tub a bit more last night, as well as the chemicals we had. We have the small 1" chlorine pucks for spas. We have a bottle of the ph test strips and we also have a bottle of another chemical which claims it will make your water clear. The tub is a beachcomber and it appears to be a bit older. In the immediate left corner from the deck is the nameplate and the corner is flattened with what appears to be about 5 drink holder spots. There's 2 buttons which are a bit firm to press down, 1 for the 1 lights, 1 for the jets. There are also 2 large flat chrome dials which I am not sure what they do. At the side of this molded drink holder corner is a cover plate where it appears a filter and the plate are half dangling off and there a bit of surface rust on the plate. So ya, this thing needs a bit of TLC. There is also a filter sitting at the bottom of the tub. It looks like a cylindrical air filter to me honestly. We also found the floating chlorine puck dispenser. The house was on the market for possibly 6-8 months so I have no idea of when it was actually used last. I would love to drain it to start anew, but it's cold and I feel I'm too new to tubs to tray draining it in these temperatures. What should we do in the meantime? We'd like to get the filter parts out of the bottom and check all those out. Thanks again everyone.

Hi guys, thanks for the replies. No my fiancee is going to throw in a puck from a bottle of hot tub pucks we have in the garage. I'm going to be heading there today in a few hours and I'll make sure to write down what it is that we have from the previous owners. We checked the water yesterday and like I said the ph was ok (going by the bottle) but chlorine ppm was indicated to be low. The water at the time was clear (dunno if that tells you anything). I'll bring my iBook with me, maybe I can pick up someone else's wi-fi signal until we get our hook ups, if not I'll report back what it is the previous owners left us, and hopefully what model of tub we have.

Thanks for the reply simonc. Today while at the new house my fiancee checked the water with a ph stick and said that the ph checked out fine, but our chlorine ppm was low. She said she's going to throw a puck in tomrrow. (She's got a pool at her parents whereas I'm not familiar with either). I think we're also going to get in touch with a pool/spa place and see what they say. Is it basically a no brainer that we shower before we use it? Thanks.

Hi everybody! My name's Ken and I'm new to hot tubs as I just bought my first home! I live in Canada, and though I live way down south in canada (Windsor, ON) it still get's cold here. Being soo close to the american border, though I'm canadian we tend to use Fahrenheit instead of Celcius, though the news uses the correct Celcius is that weird or what? Anyways I'll get to the point, it gets cold and a night like tonight is 14 F, or -10 C and I can't help but think if you go tubbing in temps like this that you're just losing TONNES of heat from your tub and using tonnes of electricity. How efficient are hot tubs? I think I have a Beachcomber tub based on finding a 'doo-dad' that said Beachcomber on it. It looks like it seats 4 or so. I can tell you that it's on 110V and 40A service. How much extra will this tub be adding to my monthly electricity expenses? We have 2 bottles of chemicals that I know of. I forgot to take a really good look at them tonight as we were painting a bedroom. I do remember one bottle had a PH table on the lable. Where can I expect to find the branding for the tub? Thanks for any help. P.S. meant to say 'forum' in thread title