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Does the ACE salt water generator ONLY work on Hot Springs Spas? We have a 2003 Arctic Cub, and have read poor reviews of Arctic's Onzen system, so we were looking for an alternative.
what is the advantage of this system ive talked to a dealer and they told me $400 every two years for the electrode and the monthly cost of the salt mentioned here $10-$14 and also they said I would need up to three teabags they called them to make the water soft which would cost me another $120 on each fill up. so wouldn't it be much easier to keep bromine or chlorine in the hot tub and easier than cleaning the sensor every 2 to 4 weeks?
This is a very old thread, and I doubt the OP is still around the forum. However, I would like to point out that you certainly don't have to buy an ACE system to get away from soaking in chlorine. If you use the Freshwater III system which is standard on every HotSpring Highlife Series spa, and an easy option on Limelight Series, along with a N2 cartridge in the filter, you can soak chlorine free. You will need to add chlorine as a shock treatment once a month, or if you entertain a crowd, but otherwise no chlorine. And that chlorine which you DO add once per month is gone in a day or so.HTH
I am looking into a HotSpring with ACE. Seeing a lot of issues with the diamond electrode going bad prematurely and causing all sorts of problems for many customers on one of the other forums. Many of them there said the HotSpring techs were told to do some sort of workaround for better flow to help the issues but many have said that didn't help any. Most there are saying to stay clear of it and don't waste the money on it. Many of them say HotSpring has been good about warranting the part but at some point the warranty will run out and you will be stuck in the same boat having to order new electrodes at every fill up.Has anything changed lately to help matters improve?
Quote from: JRunner01 on May 30, 2013, 11:20:50 amI am looking into a HotSpring with ACE. Seeing a lot of issues with the diamond electrode going bad prematurely and causing all sorts of problems for many customers on one of the other forums. Many of them there said the HotSpring techs were told to do some sort of workaround for better flow to help the issues but many have said that didn't help any. Most there are saying to stay clear of it and don't waste the money on it. Many of them say HotSpring has been good about warranting the part but at some point the warranty will run out and you will be stuck in the same boat having to order new electrodes at every fill up.Has anything changed lately to help matters improve?the "update" you referenced was a loooong time ago, since then the service numbers direct from the factory have "flip flopped" for the good, system works very well now and the people who have bought the system in the last year (since all updates) have been happy with it based on what I'm seeing..fyi we sell a lot of them...I hope everything continues smoothly moving forward
Quote from: TwinCitiesHotSpring on May 30, 2013, 04:34:18 pmQuote from: JRunner01 on May 30, 2013, 11:20:50 amI am looking into a HotSpring with ACE. Seeing a lot of issues with the diamond electrode going bad prematurely and causing all sorts of problems for many customers on one of the other forums. Many of them there said the HotSpring techs were told to do some sort of workaround for better flow to help the issues but many have said that didn't help any. Most there are saying to stay clear of it and don't waste the money on it. Many of them say HotSpring has been good about warranting the part but at some point the warranty will run out and you will be stuck in the same boat having to order new electrodes at every fill up.Has anything changed lately to help matters improve?the "update" you referenced was a loooong time ago, since then the service numbers direct from the factory have "flip flopped" for the good, system works very well now and the people who have bought the system in the last year (since all updates) have been happy with it based on what I'm seeing..fyi we sell a lot of them...I hope everything continues smoothly moving forwardThanks for the reply. If I were to buy a new one today, but a floor model from 2013, is there anyway I'd know if it had the latest updates to account for all the issues previously found? Is there a build date I need to go by or just the fact that its a 2013 floor model is sufficient to know its got the right updates?