kevin249

Matthew, thanks for the info!

Hi, I'm also brand new to owning a spa, and haven't found the local dealer super helpful. I bought a used Artesian Spa and would like to decontaminate it following the directions in this thread. My question is the Spa's manual has a strongly worded warning saying "Never run the spa without the Filters Installed!" It doesnt explain the reasoning behind this warning. The directions in this thread, and on the Spa Flush bottle I purchased advise removing the filters during the process. So, Is it safe to run the spa without the filters installed? I just want to make sure it wont cause any damage to the internal pumps, etc. by running it without filters for this process. I purchased new filters that I plan on installing once the decontamination process is over anyway, so i dont know if there is any downside to leaving the old ones installed until the decontamination process is complete?