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He was saying the advantage of lithium is once it cleans it evaporates and leaves little trace on the water. Is this accurate and does shock leave more in the water?
Quote from: MikeK157 on April 24, 2017, 11:19:45 amHe was saying the advantage of lithium is once it cleans it evaporates and leaves little trace on the water. Is this accurate and does shock leave more in the water?Chorine does the same thing. MPS (shock) drives up your TDS (total dissolved solids)Chlorine or lithium leave less in your water in the form of TDS than shock (MPS)
Use dichlor in the beginning, get to know your tub. After a month do a water change. I use enough chlorine for 3 PPM for 1 person, 4.5 for 2 and 6 for 3 or more people. After a while and you get used to hot water care you can switch to bleach after you put in approximately 30 PPM total dichlor as it adds about 30 PPM stabilizer (approximately 1 ppm stabilizer per 1 PPM of chlorine is added). About 1 oz of bleach gives you 1 PPM chlorine - testing your tub will make it known. I do keep MPS around to shock when the combined chlorine gets a little high or I just want to burn off contaminants.Using bleach will keep the water better longer. Don't forget about the other water chemistry as well.Great tub BTW, I have a 2005 Grand Cayman.
I always test with the jets off - just makes it easier to collect water as I use test chemicals that have vials.How high is the PH and alkalinity? Chlorine shouldn't really have an effect on alkalinity except possibly drop it. PH can swing depending on the items you are using and alkalinity of the tub. Non chlorine shock has a PH of around 3 I believe, bleach has an initial PH of 13 but as it does it thing drives toward 7 (neutral) and dichlor starts out at around 7 and as it does it's thing drives the PH up.Alkalinity is what keeps the PH from moving ... I have great water for a tub and pool - starts out with a low PH and alkalinity and I can just add baking soda and or borax and get them both in range.
Quote from: Vinny on April 25, 2017, 07:26:52 pmI always test with the jets off - just makes it easier to collect water as I use test chemicals that have vials.How high is the PH and alkalinity? Chlorine shouldn't really have an effect on alkalinity except possibly drop it. PH can swing depending on the items you are using and alkalinity of the tub. Non chlorine shock has a PH of around 3 I believe, bleach has an initial PH of 13 but as it does it thing drives toward 7 (neutral) and dichlor starts out at around 7 and as it does it's thing drives the PH up.Alkalinity is what keeps the PH from moving ... I have great water for a tub and pool - starts out with a low PH and alkalinity and I can just add baking soda and or borax and get them both in range.we have very hard water here so i suspect thats why i had bad readings. PH was 8.4 and Alkalinity was 240 but today down to 180Bought some muriatic acid and researching that to level it all out
Just had my tub installed last week and filled/cleaned this weekendThe person installing it recommended 3 or 4 capsuls of shock every week and 1 or 2 capsuls of chlorine twice a week. I also have the nature 2 filter. Does this sound reasonable for 1 person twice a week?I remember reading i should shock after every use and chlorine once a week but he advised against that. He also advised i switch to Lithium Hypochlorite since it doesn't sit in the water after cleaning.
I usually use just PH down if I need to adjust it down, a little safer to use. I've even used white vinegar when that's all I had.