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Water Treatment Routine's Bromine in Conjunction with Ozone Chlorine in Conjunction with Ozone These are the start-up chemical sheets that
were supplied with the original delivery of your new Cal Spa Hot Tub. The single most important aspect of water management is that you actually pay attention to your hot tub once a week, whether it is used or not.
Open the cover and check for the correct water level, good water
quality and confirm that the tub is operating normally. The spa cover also needs to be cleaned and inspected. Outside spa covers, should be rinsed and brushed on a regular basis. The standard stitched cover should have the foam cores inspected once or twice a year. They are easy to remove from the vinyl, just un-zip at the hinge and remove 1 core at a time. Check the foam cores for holes or wear in the plastic wrap. Any problem areas in the wrap, can be covered with duck tape to keep moisture from getting to the foam cores, causing the cover to become VERY HEAVY over a short period of time. This is also a good time to let the vinyl completely dry out, so pick a warm sunny day. Never treat the underneath (water) side of the cover. Whatever is used will end up in the water!
CARE AND FEEDING OF YOUR HOT TUB
The overall maintenance routine for the proper care of any spa or hot tub is relatively simple. One should not be constantly at odds with their hot tub. Once you establish a routine with your hot tub, the water care should take about 20 minutes of your time once a week. There are two main categories of water care for maintaining high quality water. In the water balance category there are a number of factors that contribute to proper water chemistry. No you don't have to be a chemist to own a hot tub, but if you did pay attention in High School chem class you may be ahead of the game just a little . The main factors that you need to be concerned with are: pH, total alkalinity, calcium hardness and total dissolved solids. The water temperature is also a factor but not as important as the other factors. Correct water balance will protect and extend the overall life of the spa components. In general, water that is low in the above factors is corrosive, while water that is high in the above, is prone to the build up of scale within plumbing and equipment. You want your water to be "balanced". The accepted values for water balance are as follows: pH: 7.2 - 7.8 Total Alkalinity: 80 - 120 PPM Calcium Hardness: 100 - 400 PPM Total Solids: 0 - 1800 PPM The most important of these numbers is never let the pH drop below 7.2. You can follow any of the highlighted text links on this page to see the details of that topic. To maintain an acceptable quality for the water in your hot tub, there are two main categories to be concerned with. The first is the actual destruction of the pathogens in the water (sanitize) and the removal of the organic wastes (body stuff *) that accumulate with use in the water (oxidation). Both of these must be accomplished to maintain a safe environment in which to soak. Most of us realize that water at 104 degrees and any number of human bodies combine to promote prime bacterial breeding grounds and it does not take long. The good news is that to keep you hot tub water safe is fairly easy, especially with some of the newer methods that have arrived on the scene over the past few years. Combine a couple of techniques and you have safe water that is easy to maintain. * The average adult puts one pint of body fluid in 104 degree water, every hour, along with anything that is flushed from the skin.
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