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Steve, can you explain the process? I'm assuming you start out with bromine and to maintain the chemistry you just keep a floater with bromine in the tub? Does it always stay in the spa? It sounds easier than everything else I have read. What are the disadvantages of bromine? Are you saying that some manufacturers will void the warantee if you use a bromine floater?
You have to keep in mind that Steve is a heavy drinker, and doesn't alway make sense late at night. Kidding....
I consumed almost 4 cans of coke last night so my head is spinning a bit this morning. Often, I don't make sense in the morning or afternoon either. Steve
hey steve, great advice. what about the other chemicals like ph and alkalinity and all the other jazz. could you outline maybe a monthly maitenance regimine for us.
I have used bromine with a floater for many years along with thousands of our customers. I highly recommend it as a very low maintenence system to fantastic water care. I've never been an advocate of having to spoonfeed a spa daily.In fact, the crazy people here were the first ones I saw to consistantly recommend a teaspoon of dichlor daily ...
I still like dichlor because of the ease of adjusting doses to match bather load, and being able to manage residuals so that you soak in near zero levels, then disinfect after leaving the tub.
The comment of yours above does lend itself to some concern to me. If you ask yourself, when is the demand on your sanitizer the highest, or when is it that body oils, bacteria, body fluids, sweat, etc. are entering your spa, I don't believe that having a near zero sanitizer level is a safe condition for bathers that are in that water for any length of time.A rule of thumb is that one person in a spa will use up 1ppm of bromine/chlorine every 15 minutes. Now consider that 4 people might be in there for 30 minutes and you've opened up the door for a very unsanitary condition with the probability of foaming and/or cloudy water.
... The Vermonter's approach is widely followed and he is a qualified water chemist. Although I am not a water chemist, I am a chemical engineer and my wife is a college professor in biology ...With respect to the use of bromine vs. chlorine...