Kushina

I have an Aqua leader 18' round and recently purchased a new liner from empirepoolsnh on Ebay for $100 less than cost at my local pool store. I was told that the vyn-all j bead liners would be a perfect fit. It was true, the liner fit perfectly and shipping was fast.

We purchased the HS Envoy last December, and use it moderately. After our July 4th bash, we drained, cleaned, and refilled the hot tub. To my dismay, the ozonater was working over time, so I powered the tub off than the thing sprung a leak. Tub did not leak while the power is on, but the ozonater drove the PH way up. Monday afternoon, the tech arrived, replaced the check valve, now all is well. Great Dealer service but a little disappointed that we needed to call so soon after purchasing such an expensive tub. Would draining and refilling the hot tub cause the check valve to crack?

I was given a chlorease unit that was used last season and stored without cleaning the cell. The instructions state to use a mildly acidic solution and I cannot locate smartpool’s cleaning solution. Do you think I can soak the cell in 1:1 white vinegar & water? If not, please provide a suggestion as to how I can clean the cell. Thanks.

Thank you for your insight, I will go take a nice long soak before night’s end. About 2 weeks ago, I did switch to using dichlor daily and MPS weekly after researching this sight and have thought of switching to bleach in the future. With the hot tub purchase the dealer included 4 lbs of MPS (potassium peroxymonusulfate 32.18%) and 3 lbs of dichlor (55% available chlorine), decent size bottles of spa up & down, large bottle of calcium hardness decreaser, test strips, and defoamer – all HS Fresh Water Products. We also have $170 credit toward future chemical purchases. That said I was hoping to use what we have and the credit received, as well as, learn more about water chemistry before making the transition to using bleach. At the most two soak daily. Is there a calculation I can use to figure out how much dichlor to use daily to ensure proper sanitation and the recommended residual the next day? What’s considered too high on CYA reading? How much MPS do you recommend weekly in a 450-gallon tub? Do you recommend I also use the Taylor K-2041 with this water treatment routine? I guess - I’m asking if I’m on the right track while trying to figure out an optimum routine, before it get’s too cold in CT. to drain & start again.

I’m confused and can use some direction. We recently brought a 2007 Envoy that is equipped with an ozonater, N2 cartridge, and holds 450 gallons. Our dealer set us up and got us going with balanced water…I assume. The dealer suggested we use 1 tbsp of MPS after each soak and an ounce of dichlor a week to shock. Through this site I’m taking a crash course on proper water balance and maintenance, thus brought the Taylor K-2006. My first reading was TA – 50ppm, PH – 7.4, CH 220. I attempted to bring my TA up and the next thing I know my readings are TA 130, PH at least 8.0, and CH 250. Working Saturday & most of Sunday to get the water balanced and a chlorine reserve and weekly MPS shock, my readings at the end of Sunday were …TA – 90ppm, PH – 7.6, CH 240, FC – 6.2 (I added a lot of dichlor with hopes of some left over until the next day), CC - .6, CYA 45 ppm. It’s been days and I wanna soak! Therefore, I tested once more this morning and I have…TA 90 ppm, PH 7.4, CH 250ppm, CYA 50 ppm, FC 2.2 ppm, CC .8ppm. Please note I also have a hard time maintaining chlorine until the next day. With a FC of 2.2ppm and a CC of .8ppm, is there something ugly festering in water? Is this a false CC reading due to MPS? What’s considered too high on CYA reading? How much MPS do you recommend weekly? How much dichlor do I add to maintain a residual of 3 – 5 ppm? What do you think of my latest water test numbers? I think I tried to fix too much at one time and now I’m confused. Please guide.