Water Chemistry

[Quickbeam]

Hi Everyone,

My wife and I will soon be purchasing our first hot tub. This is all brand new to us, and I wondered if someone could help us with a couple of questions on water chemistry. We plan on using hydrogen peroxide for our tub, so obviously I know we will need to test for those levels. I believe the level should be somewhere between 50 and 100 ppm. I am wondering what else I need to test for. The two things I can think of are water hardness and PH level. Is there anything else I should be testing? Thank you.

[Tman122]

TA (Total Alkalinity) and PH go hand in hand. One keeps the other stable. A TA of 80-120 helps your PH not bounce around so much.

While hardness is important IMO it should just be close. As long as your water isn't real high or real low. It is more important on cheaper heaters and pump seals. And when pools were made of concrete/grout.

[Quickbeam]

Thanks Tman