No Bromine

[kitisi]

My tub laid dormant for 4 years and I just fired it up last week and Im having a brain fade in regards to a chemical problem, I put in the reserve packets (I use a bromine system) and I have the floater going opened up more than in the past. its been over a week and I just tested the bromine level and it shows almost 0. I have an ozinator, how do I know if it is working, how can I check it, also i use bromine tablets and they are 4 years old do they go bad, they appear to be in good shape and smell like they always did. Any help would be appreciated.

[waterbear]

My tub laid dormant for 4 years and I just fired it up last week and Im having a brain fade in regards to a chemical problem, I put in the reserve packets (I use a bromine system) and I have the floater going opened up more than in the past. its been over a week and I just tested the bromine level and it shows almost 0. I have an ozinator, how do I know if it is working, how can I check it, also i use bromine tablets and they are 4 years old do they go bad, they appear to be in good shape and smell like they always did. Any help would be appreciated.

Try shocking the spa and see if you get a bromine reading. The bromine needs to be activated by either chorine or a non chlorine shock to be converted into the active sanitizer, hypobromous acid. the tablets by themselves will take a very long time before they will do this since they only contain a very little bit of chorine. Also, if they are 4 years old they might have lost strength. Try it again with fresh chemicals.

Hope this is helpful.

[kitisi]

i will try that thanks, one othe r thing my alkinity was at 170ppm when i checked it was a ph of 8.5 last night I used spa down got it to 150 will do it again, I think I read somewhere where if the alkinity is tow high then bromine won't work is this correct?