john206

I've been simply using Silver wire 99.99% and Spa Guard Enhanced Shock since 2003. I add the later after tubbing and give it a bigger hit once a week or so. I give the silver a little scrub once in a while till it falls appart needs replacing. Works great, non irritating to me, I get 6 months between water and microfilter change. I gave a cheaper dichlor product advertising 90% but it doesn't work as well and overnight the free chlorine drops to nil. There must be some other stabilizer or something in the Spa Guard product but the MSDS lists only 'inorganic salts' and 'trade secret'. Wonder what those are?

I've been simply using Silver wire 99.99% and Spa Guard Enhanced Shock since 2003. I add the later after tubbing and give it a bigger hit once a week or so. I give the silver a little scrub once in a while till it falls appart needs replacing. Works great, non irritating to me, I get 6 months between water and microfilter change. I gave a cheaper dichlor product advertising 90% but it doesn't work as well and overnight the free chlorine drops to nil. There must be some other stabilizer or something in the Spa Guard product but the MSDS lists only 'inorganic salts' and 'trade secret'. Wonder what those are?

Thanks. I wonder then if the small current I detect on the ground then is the transformer grounding? Should I be concerned? Yes L1 and L2 are the same amps so then the GFCI won't see a difference. Thanks.

BTW, I also cleaned out the tub internal electrical panel with compressed air and a soft brush to get rid of dead bug spider stuff, examined its wiring, looks good to me.

Hello, have a 2003 Sundance Altimar spa, 240V 2-wire plus ground (no neutral). Pretty good lifespan eh? I recently rewired to a cuttoff panel (not the disconnect with GFCI) because dog managed to pull conduit off and damage wiring, that was a close one, whew. All 6 guage. But I noticed with my new TRMS clamp multi-meter, that there is current in the ground wire! I've got 0.95A with circulator and heater on, 1.42A with both pumps on, and a Max "infill" spike of 2.29A. Shouldn't my GFCI be tripping like crazy?? The trip button on it does work. How should I diagnose further? I haven't ever felt a shock. Voltage difference between tub water and ground at the panel bonding lug is 0.182V which requires "LowZ" setting to read or I just read variable 'ghost' voltage. The blower hasn't been working in years and I don't care for it anyway so I did just unplug its wiring at the panel as a try at diagnosing. No difference. I don't have any other bonding rods etc other than the original for the house. I suppose I should look what current there may be in the mains ground (but of course thats bonded with Neutral at the main panel as usual). Thanks for any advice.