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Adding shock and dichor
« on: November 12, 2016, 07:45:56 pm »
Can I add non chorine shock and dichlor at the same time? That way I can use it sooner afterwards. I have used it higher than 5 (8) but it didn't bother me but I am trying to keep it between 3-5. I shocked it once with dichlor once to 12 and it took forever to come down

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Adding shock and dichor
« on: November 12, 2016, 07:45:56 pm »

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Re: Adding shock and dichor
« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2016, 11:59:53 am »
If chlorine is your main sanitizer, you may want to switch up the routine and add it *after* using the spa.  Test prior to getting in and adjust your dosage as necessary.  This completely eliminates the situation that prompted your question.

Hope this helps.  Good luck moving forward.

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Re: Adding shock and dichor
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2016, 07:47:38 am »
If chlorine is your main sanitizer, you may want to switch up the routine and add it *after* using the spa.  Test prior to getting in and adjust your dosage as necessary.  This completely eliminates the situation that prompted your question.

Hope this helps.  Good luck moving forward.

I agree completely, this is what I have been doing fo r about 10 years now.
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Re: Adding shock and dichor
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2016, 10:34:30 am »
I'm 4 days into converting my tub from bromine (through the spa frog system) to chlorine (dichlor and eventually bleach).  So far, it has been working out great where I go in at night where the chlorine is barely readable on a test and then I add a tsp or so of dichlor after I get out which brings it to around 4-5ppm. By the next night, it is back down to 1-2 range (maybe even a tad lower). 

Time will tell how this will work out as I use it.  I did purge my tub with ahh some before switching over to chlorine.  The tub wasn't actually that bad as I didn't get much biofilm residue that was noticeable.  Nothing like the youtube videos I watched!

The one thing that will not be fun is maintaining chlorine levels over the extreme cold winter when I may not be able to get out to the tub everyday.  I know I can get a chlorine cartridge for my spa frog and/or add something to the filter area (my dealer mentioned something about  a stick that holds dichlor that goes into the filter) so I will need to figure that out.  But it is nice to soak in a tub that has little to no chlorine smell.

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