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Well I’ve purged my spa before but never had these results.

If you want to have some fun and see if a dealer knows up from down take a Taylor kit in when you wet test.

Love your spirit Cassie! Please take some pics of your second purge. Thanks.

Hey Cassie....I would really appreciate a follow up on your findings. The pictures of your spa after ahhsome are really eye opening. Really hope you find your solutions. It’s nice to see folks figure out that the Spa dealers know nothing about spas. They would sell a lot more if they just gave good info. Best to you.

Sorry I just need to say it......5000.00 will buy a lot of Spa Boys.

Not trying to be unkind....In fact I’m being very kind. Read up on how to use a Taylor kit. It will be the best investment you ever made. After awhile you will know your bather load and how much bleach to put in to keep it going till you can take a reading (not the best I know but better then nothing). I believe if you use a solid chlorine type you will add CYA and at some point you will have the same problem. I’m sure if I’m wrong someone will correct me...and thanks

I have a 2010 J-365 it use to have ozone. I took it out awhile back and that’s worked out fine. I’ve been going over the forum looking at the differing options. From what I gather if you use bromine, ozone is good to have. If chlorine maybe not. I run Nitros method so I use chlorine but have been tempted to try bromine. First if I replace what would be recommended for a new unit? Second what are your thoughts on ozone? We do go on vacation for 2 weeks once in awhile and of course I worry about FC levels etc. I try to have someone come by and dose to 10ppm once a week. ETA: It’s 500 gallons and I know you don’t want to go overboard on the ozone.

Hey golfergirl Ive been where you are. This is my 2cw and only my opinion. What I have learned here is that a Spa is a wonderful thing but it dose take some work and it’s work that for me is worth it. Forget the strips...get a Taylor kit for bromine or chlorine depending on how you go. Look up Nitros method and look though chem geeks posts. I find that this has always worked for me the best. Yea the first month is hard as your learning but once you get it it becomes really easy. Just go slow and don’t add to much at once. I would love for there to be a magic mixer for spas or pools but I haven’t seen one yet and in the end I would hate to spend an extra 5000 on something that will still take me about the same time per week after I learn how to balance my spa. Anyways best of luck to you. If you learn how to deal with the water you will enjoy it all the more.....Oh and you won’t get the itchys.

Might be a rebranded Jacuzzi Z145. You might look at pics on Google to compare.

Im replacing my OEM cover. Is there anything I should look for. Spa is in S Calif old cover made it about 7 years. Im buying online. Thanks

As always this site is great. Naturally I was changing my circ pump and the circuit breaker went bad. It is 10 years old so not a big surprise. The one I have now is THQL2160GFI GE 2P 60A 240V. It’s been fine, but I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts as to a replacement as I don’t think Lowe’s or HD is going to have one. Thanks in advance.

May need to replace E-10 circ pump. Going to try flow switch first. It a 2010 J-365. Wondering if it’s best to stick to stock or if there is any replacement that might work better. ETA: This is the second circ in 10 years. Not to bad I know. Thanks

http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/swimming-pools-public-toilet-bowls-many-survey-193700688.html

Yea thats what I would do.

I would like to keep this simple. THANK YOU chem geek, nitro, waterbear, pool calc guy (lord I love that program) and so many newbies that I cant even remember. My dream of owning a hot tub has traveled for many years. I did research for at least 5 years before I pulled the trigger (Yes I did live thru the Jim years and to be honest, I apprictated his perspective). I ended up with a Jacuzzi J-365. Its not so much the tub as being able to maintainn it and this is where you folks shine. My wife of 25yrs was didnosed with breast cancer last Aug. She has been able to still get in the spa most of the time (except for surgury healing). Her Lymph nodes were not affected and that is to us quite a blessing. I use Nitros method with a slight tweek I add my own CYA at a new fill and dont use dichlor anymore. The hot tub has been amazing for us during this time and I can only say THANK YOU ..SO VERY MUCH

Hey Folks I have a bit of a strange problem. I had a bottle of good old Clorox bleach and when I poured it out into a 5 oz container there was a substance in it the looked allot like suspended fat like you might find in roast. I had used this bleach before and had the fun of having to decontaminate my spa after it become very foamy (not quite Mr Bubble foamy but close. The reason I am asking is that my wife is going thru chemo (Yes THANK YOU for your kind thoughts...she will be fine) and the spa really helps her to relax and sleep better. As you can imagine I am keeping the spa at peak levels using Nitros Bleach method and have been doing so for about 1.5 years with great success (THANKS NITRO AND THE POOL CALC GUY..Love You). So has anybody seen this before? I live in S. Calif and don't think its a freezing problem

OK for the moment it seems to be a f..uped web site. Cant the Government figure it out. My 19yo can get this right.

http://healthypools.org/freeteststrips/

Well I wish I could help with the problem. But I will be the first here to tell you to get a Taylor 2006 test kit. There are a lot of great folks here so I'm sure some will post with what to do. Good Luck

And of course another one bites the dust. I suspect you were good at what you did. Its sad to see the ones who care leave. Its a loss to the company, you thought my friend will do fine.

Your dealer WILL have a number he can call. Your a client he should use it! Lets make the dealers give service. Nice sleuthing! That's a 36% increase in volume in the case of the Hawthorne. A 25% decrease for the Hamiltion, from 2009 to 2010. A little thing like this could really mess with someone's assumptions when testing and treating the water! Are hot tubs like cars, where the 2010 model is available for sale in the fall of 2009? I stopped by my dealer and he had no idea about the changes mentioned above and really didn't know which capacity my tub was!! He is in denial about anything related to the internet. Nice guy but no help with this matter. Inside the filter compartment is a date of 10-29-2009. I assume that is the manufacture date so it still comes back to is it a 2010 or a 2009 model. I guess the physical dimensions also changed and I'll measure that and see if that gives me my final answer. Ken

Nobody has any thing for this????...guess its time for a refill..sorry

Take the drive..and a lesson learned. Since you are going to need some anyways....I would say drive the 30 minutes and get some dry acid.

Yea I kind of figured that...its called branding. Im not fond of marketers. Any suggestion on a good brand or they all about the same? Thanks

Is there any real difference between the manufactures brand filter and the after market filters? Say Unicel etc. Thanks