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Thanks for all he helpful info bud. Would you let me know how much of each chemical you use on a regular basis?
What do you use to measure the level of stabilizer? I have multiple brands of test strips and none of them measure that. Also - Last night for example, I went out to the tub and took a test strip sample...Everything was in line, except for 0 readout of bromine/chlorine. I added 1 tablespoon BEFORE we got in and let jets run for 15min and re-tested and it came out to 3PPM. There were 3 of us in the tub for maybe 20 minutes. The issue I seem to have is that I know tonight when I go test the tub, the chemicals will once again read 0...I'm not sure how you are able to keep a readout of chemical through to the next day.
Quote from: bradleyabell on November 06, 2017, 07:19:42 amWhat do you use to measure the level of stabilizer? I have multiple brands of test strips and none of them measure that. Also - Last night for example, I went out to the tub and took a test strip sample...Everything was in line, except for 0 readout of bromine/chlorine. I added 1 tablespoon BEFORE we got in and let jets run for 15min and re-tested and it came out to 3PPM. There were 3 of us in the tub for maybe 20 minutes. The issue I seem to have is that I know tonight when I go test the tub, the chemicals will once again read 0...I'm not sure how you are able to keep a readout of chemical through to the next day.I have been using Clorox 6 way pool & spa test strips, they seem to be quite accurate and are one of the cheaper brands I have found and are sold in the big retailer. The last row at the bottom is stabilizer. I wouldn’t have added the (not sure what you added) before the soak but waited until we were done. I’m assuming you are running a bromine tub but are adding dichlor as a supplement or something like that?? Ideally for me when I go out to soak the next day the chlorine level will be to almost zero in your case it was zero and that would tell me you just need to add a little more the night before. Every usage adds in a different amount of contamination along with the water temp and overall chemistry the rate the chlorine will be used up will vary. I think the most common problem and the one I made when I first started was trying to keep the tub low and perfect at 2 ppm and in doing so I was running short. You said after you dosed it you brought it up to 3 ppm maybe in doing it after you get out and adding a bit more and getting to 5 or 6 ppm will leave you that little residual for the next day. I wouldn’t be surprised to find most public pools and spas are much higher than you would think. IMO 5ppm is still a pretty low number.
Quote from: bud16415 on November 07, 2017, 09:29:19 amQuote from: bradleyabell on November 06, 2017, 07:19:42 amWhat do you use to measure the level of stabilizer? I have multiple brands of test strips and none of them measure that. Also - Last night for example, I went out to the tub and took a test strip sample...Everything was in line, except for 0 readout of bromine/chlorine. I added 1 tablespoon BEFORE we got in and let jets run for 15min and re-tested and it came out to 3PPM. There were 3 of us in the tub for maybe 20 minutes. The issue I seem to have is that I know tonight when I go test the tub, the chemicals will once again read 0...I'm not sure how you are able to keep a readout of chemical through to the next day.I have been using Clorox 6 way pool & spa test strips, they seem to be quite accurate and are one of the cheaper brands I have found and are sold in the big retailer. The last row at the bottom is stabilizer. I wouldn’t have added the (not sure what you added) before the soak but waited until we were done. I’m assuming you are running a bromine tub but are adding dichlor as a supplement or something like that?? Ideally for me when I go out to soak the next day the chlorine level will be to almost zero in your case it was zero and that would tell me you just need to add a little more the night before. Every usage adds in a different amount of contamination along with the water temp and overall chemistry the rate the chlorine will be used up will vary. I think the most common problem and the one I made when I first started was trying to keep the tub low and perfect at 2 ppm and in doing so I was running short. You said after you dosed it you brought it up to 3 ppm maybe in doing it after you get out and adding a bit more and getting to 5 or 6 ppm will leave you that little residual for the next day. I wouldn’t be surprised to find most public pools and spas are much higher than you would think. IMO 5ppm is still a pretty low number. Yes, I am using a bromine floater and have been adding dichlor to get a readout. I'm thinking I may be better off to just eliminate the bromine and go strictly dichlor + MPS...Thoughts?
You can shock a bromine tub with dichlor. You just cannot mix chlorine and bromine tablets in the same floater.
So now that I'm FINALLY getting a good bromine readout...I should just be able to shock it once a week with MPS and that's it? Or will it require more frequent adding of chemicals to maintain the active level of bromine in the tub? If so, please explain.