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I bought a small Oz measuring cup from bed bath and beyond and use that for my bleach (well just switched to the pool chlorine - same same - and it has Oz measurements in 1/2 Oz increments
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I stand corrected. Walmart has pool chlorine 10% sodium hypochlorite for only 3.74.$. With the higher % concentration it IS cheaper than plain bleach. Not sure about additives. Either way no reason for me not to use this over the bleach
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I’m curious about this. The “additives” in regular bleach are unknown sure but even pool chlorine seems to have them too. Here’s a photo. “Other ingredients” just like the bleach... plus this stuff is 8x more expensive than ordinary bleach from what I can tell I’d love to be proven wrong though and if there’s a product that is just sodium hypochlorite without extras let me know where it can be found as I’d look into it
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What is the chemical name of pool chlorone?
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Actual Costs of Running a Hot Tub - Data Provided
mscdman replied to mscdman's topic in Portable Hot Tubs & Spas
During this last frigid freeze this weekend we had 48 hours of 0 degree weather and -15 lows. I didn’t use the tub during this period but lowered the temp to 100. It still used only 8kwh/day even in that cold. Amazing -
Actual Costs of Running a Hot Tub - Data Provided
mscdman replied to mscdman's topic in Portable Hot Tubs & Spas
Not sure why the excel file won’t work but here are some screen shots. -
Actual Costs of Running a Hot Tub - Data Provided
mscdman replied to mscdman's topic in Portable Hot Tubs & Spas
I had the same problem. Lots of stories but no actual data. My data is approximate. I don’t have a dedicated hot tub energy circuit monitor display. So what I did was take an average of KWH usage from the past 3 years by Month and came up with a “pre-hot tub” KWH 3-year average for that month. Then compared it to the post hot tub use for that month and subtracted the difference. Viola. Not 100% accurate but darn close in my opinion. if my excel file I posted was active, you could see that each night at the same time I read my house meter and input into the sheet and subtract -
Actual Costs of Running a Hot Tub - Data Provided
mscdman replied to mscdman's topic in Portable Hot Tubs & Spas
True and that’s why I tried to list as many of my factors as possible in the calculation. PS - is the Excel file I posted not available because it’s not allowed to post? -
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Actual Costs of Running a Hot Tub - Data Provided
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I’ve been tracking via my excel sheet (attached) how much it’s been costing me to run. As a new owner, I was pretty scared about how much it would cost to run (still am a little actually during a really cold weekend coming this weekend) l, but I decided to do some testing so to see if my fears were justified. I’d heard stories of some owners spending over $100 a month which would be a big concern for me. . As there are many factors that determine energy use here are mine: •2020 Marquis 215 gallon hot tub •240V •Denver - February- average high temp 46ish • used about 3x a -
For testing my bromine levels I recently got a Taylor simple DPD kit. Is this accurate for bromine? What’s the difference between DPD and OTO?
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Sweet. Do you use your hot tub typically daily or how many times a week?
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What do you typically raise it to after use when you sanitize (in ppm)? And how long between uses?
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Haha well in full disclosure I sort of squeegee off the water from the cover rather than have it fall to the ground + I stand over the tub and drip rather than lots of carry out.
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Maybe I’ll switch to adding my bleach daily. Just less per day.
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Is 12ppm considered very high