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  1. I've taken over maitnence of the spa from my dad. There was a period of about 2 months where the spa was left untreated. At some point the circ pump died... So I replaced the pump, drained it, refilled it. Could there still be biofilms even after I refilled it after the long period of no treatment?
  2. Its not new, 4 yeas old. Thing is the water is crystal clear. No oder, no bubbles, no oil/chemical deposits. I just filled it also I talked to a professional today she said it may be bad phosphate levels or non-living organic build up in the pipes?
  3. I'm new to water maintenance, I just recently filled my 500 gallon spa. I'm sanitizing using chlorine (dichlor). After filling i raised fc to 10 ppm, it dropped to 1-3 over night but that was after leaving the cover off all day and about 45 min of use. Now i've been checking the fc every day and its always close to 0 (~1 ppm). i add about an ounce of chlor-aid, and it raises to about 5 ppm fc. Yesterday after raising to 5 ppm, i left the cover on all day, no usage, checked the water again this morning and it was again near 0. Is this normal? Should i keep adding an ounce of chlor-aid everyday? I also have an ozone injector installed. The water is very clear looking perfectly clean, just hoping to keep it that way.
  4. Thanks for the reply. Yes I meant tsp my spell check changed it to TBS
  5. So I'm new to water chemistry and the label on my chloraid said add 1/2 TBS per 100 gallons and my tub is 500. But I used the wrong cap and ended putting about 2 oz/ 10-12 TBS in. Now my test strips show 10 ppm free chlorine. I just replaced my circ pump so my main concern is if its harmful to the equipment like the pump/filters/ozone/heater. Should I be concerned about my equipment? If so I may drain about half the tub. Or is it OK to leave in sun for a few days? Should I keep running the jets? Also is it OK to use?
  6. I'd guess the pump is more costly in electricity.. They also tend to die faster than heaters. Not sure about B, but makes sense since these spas aren't designed to be shut off constantly.
  7. So I got the circ pump off, I don't see anything jamming it up. Its connected to the circuit board and I don't really have any equipment to try and run it on another power source.. But when its in the spa I'm fairly certain its not running at all. I plan to order a new circ pump tomorrow, but I want to be sure its necessary first. I tried putting the pump back in and priming it, when I stuck the hose in the filter hole I got a lot of debrees (wood chips/lawn mulch) coming out of the return jet. Not sure if that's the sign of a blockage somewhere or from the circ pump not running for a while.
  8. Was it just the one slice valve above the circ pump you closed? I'm trying to get the pump off without draining the spa, i closed the slice valve and when i loosened the top union water came pouring out and i quickly re-tightened it... Were there any other valves that need to be closed? Edit: found the other valve. Wasn't a slice valve just a red gate I turned 90deg to close it. Let's just say good thing my spa is outside cuz I had a lot of gushing water lol
  9. Good to know. I had to leave my spa, shut it down and went on vacation lol. How old was your spa? Mines a 2008 and I've never had any problems like this but obviously there's a certain point when parts need to be replaced. My side panel is so damn hard to get off cuz I have it outside surrounded by a brick padio which is a little too close to the panels... So I wanted to avoid opening it up until I was 100% sure I had to. But I know what I need to do now, just hoping the pump is jammed with debris at this point and isn't dead.
  10. So I got a reply from customer service, figured I'd share in case anyone else has this problem.
  11. Thanks for your help thus far. Could you expain what it means to make sure the pumps have been primed? that is what the manual says to do with the dr diagnostic code. There's a procedure in the manual to relieve pumps that have become air locked. Are you familiar with airlocking? Could that be what happened?
  12. Well I just ran it without the filter and got the Dr code. Is there anything else you can reccomend me to try?
  13. I just cleaned the filter.. Water levels fine. I tested the water with test strips and I'm seeing next to 0 ppm chlorine. Will that cause the heater to fail? If I try to run it without the filter and it still won't heat does that mean I need a new circ pump? I haven't tried that yet. But there's definitely no circulation happening. I remember seeing bubbles coming from the bottom whenit was working and right now iI see nothing.
  14. So i recently have taken over care of my spa and it hasn't treated with chlorine or anything in 2 months. When i first opened the cover it read OHH which means overheated, but the water was cool. The water looked pretty dirty, slightly greenish. I reset the breaker and it went into priming mode (PR). After that i set it to standard mode and 98 F. Then eventually it always goes to DR which means: "Possible inadequate water, poor flow, or air bubbles are detected in the heater." It says to check water level which was a little low, so i filled it to an inch above the filter like it recommends. Reset, still shows DR. Then it says if the water level is okay, make sure pumps have been primed (which i have no idea what that means). So the error codes i've been getting are DR, LF, HFL, and OHH (when i get OHH the water is cool..). The spa is completely silent, won't heat, i don't hear any water flowing. The jets work when i turn them on. Any help is greatly appreciated! What does it mean to make sure pumps have been primed??
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