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Bud, can you elaborate a little more on putting salt in the tub before you drain it? Why would one do that?Also, 50ppm? Is that a typo? Why would it need to be soo high? I'm thinking of switching, only reason I ask.
Thanks for the responses. Salt in the tub sounds appealing. My dealer also said that you can just add it, but the size of the package they showed me was no larger than 1 pound. In your opinion would that amount do anything for the water feel, I’m not necessarily looking for it to help with the sanitation at this point.
Quote from: gmdodt on October 24, 2018, 02:48:19 pmBud, can you elaborate a little more on putting salt in the tub before you drain it? Why would one do that?Also, 50ppm? Is that a typo? Why would it need to be soo high? I'm thinking of switching, only reason I ask.No I put the salt in the tub and leave it there for the life of the fill. My friend has an aftermarket salt Gen on his tub. It makes chlorine out of the salt in the water with an anode. The side benefit of having the salt in the water is it makes the water feel great. I have long thought about buying a saltron mini unit and doing just as he did and be done with messing with dichlor and the rest. I haven’t done that yet but a member posted last year her supplier was recommending salt just for the feel it provides. So I gave it a try and like it. My tub is about 400 gallons and I add 7 pounds of salt when I change the water. I don’t use the mineral cartridges any longer as I didn’t feel they did anything. As to the 50PPM that’s not chlorine that’s stabilizer CYA that is built into dichlor. Dichlor is made for pools and they see sunlight. Sunlight breaks down CYA and its purpose is to slow down the action of the chlorine. Hot tubs are mostly covered so if you keep using dichlor the CYA keeps building and gets too high and your chlorine doesn’t work well. Bleach is just chlorine and has no stabilizer CYA. 50PPM is a good range to try and stay in if you dose your tub daily or every other day. So I start off with dichlor (more expensive) watch the CYA when it hits 50PPM I switch to bleach (less expensive) This works good about 350 days out of the year. When I go on vacation instead of having the neighbor come over I buy an @ease cartridge that lasts a month it is chlorine based. I pry the cap off and pour the contents into an old dichlor container. If I’m going away for a week I dump one forth of it in the frog inline container snap the lid on and put it in the tub. Two week vacation I put half back etc. Call me cheap lol. I just see most of this hot tub stuff as overpriced and marketing. My dealer told me putting salt in my tub will cause it to rot out just like road salt eats up our cars.
Quote from: bud16415 on October 24, 2018, 03:18:17 pmQuote from: gmdodt on October 24, 2018, 02:48:19 pmBud, can you elaborate a little more on putting salt in the tub before you drain it? Why would one do that?Also, 50ppm? Is that a typo? Why would it need to be soo high? I'm thinking of switching, only reason I ask.No I put the salt in the tub and leave it there for the life of the fill. My friend has an aftermarket salt Gen on his tub. It makes chlorine out of the salt in the water with an anode. The side benefit of having the salt in the water is it makes the water feel great. I have long thought about buying a saltron mini unit and doing just as he did and be done with messing with dichlor and the rest. I haven’t done that yet but a member posted last year her supplier was recommending salt just for the feel it provides. So I gave it a try and like it. My tub is about 400 gallons and I add 7 pounds of salt when I change the water. I don’t use the mineral cartridges any longer as I didn’t feel they did anything. As to the 50PPM that’s not chlorine that’s stabilizer CYA that is built into dichlor. Dichlor is made for pools and they see sunlight. Sunlight breaks down CYA and its purpose is to slow down the action of the chlorine. Hot tubs are mostly covered so if you keep using dichlor the CYA keeps building and gets too high and your chlorine doesn’t work well. Bleach is just chlorine and has no stabilizer CYA. 50PPM is a good range to try and stay in if you dose your tub daily or every other day. So I start off with dichlor (more expensive) watch the CYA when it hits 50PPM I switch to bleach (less expensive) This works good about 350 days out of the year. When I go on vacation instead of having the neighbor come over I buy an @ease cartridge that lasts a month it is chlorine based. I pry the cap off and pour the contents into an old dichlor container. If I’m going away for a week I dump one forth of it in the frog inline container snap the lid on and put it in the tub. Two week vacation I put half back etc. Call me cheap lol. I just see most of this hot tub stuff as overpriced and marketing. My dealer told me putting salt in my tub will cause it to rot out just like road salt eats up our cars. i like cheap. I may have to try the salt thing. It doesnt effect any other chemistry? Also, Ive been prying the lids off my bromie spa frogs and replacing them with 3rd party tablets and its been working great (except the skin irritation thing, lol). Cant believe there is no third party knock off that fits the spa frog stuff.
i like cheap. I may have to try the salt thing. It doesnt effect any other chemistry? Also, Ive been prying the lids off my bromie spa frogs and replacing them with 3rd party tablets and its been working great (except the skin irritation thing, lol). Cant believe there is no third party knock off that fits the spa frog stuff.
Don't bother if you're planning on using chlorine. I won't get into an argument about the rate the product dissolves once the cartridge is opened, but if you open an @ease cartridge, there is nothing you can fill it with. Regular di-chlor will dissolve really quick and 1" chlorine tabs will void your warranty.
Quote from: castletonia on October 25, 2018, 02:36:08 pmDon't bother if you're planning on using chlorine. I won't get into an argument about the rate the product dissolves once the cartridge is opened, but if you open an @ease cartridge, there is nothing you can fill it with. Regular di-chlor will dissolve really quick and 1" chlorine tabs will void your warranty.That’s why I only open them and put the real stuff back in. Just as much as I need for the vacation. Yes don’t put trichlor in the cartridge.
Quote from: bud16415 on October 25, 2018, 03:15:28 pmQuote from: castletonia on October 25, 2018, 02:36:08 pmDon't bother if you're planning on using chlorine. I won't get into an argument about the rate the product dissolves once the cartridge is opened, but if you open an @ease cartridge, there is nothing you can fill it with. Regular di-chlor will dissolve really quick and 1" chlorine tabs will void your warranty.That’s why I only open them and put the real stuff back in. Just as much as I need for the vacation. Yes don’t put trichlor in the cartridge.Curious, how do you put the real stuff back in? I'm not aware of anyway to buy SmartChlor in bulk.