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My local shop advised a Nature 2 with dichlor and shock. I have been reading this and another forum for the last couple of days and it seems as if you need a knack for chemistry and a lot of time to properly care for a personal spa.
I have had my nordic sport for about 5 years and recently had to replace the pump. I was using bacquaspa and got somewhat careless with my PH levels. I am guessing that this is what did it. However, given that bacquaspa voids my warranty, I thought that might have contributed to the problem and decided to switch chemicals. My local shop advised a Nature 2 with dichlor and shock. I have been in a losing battle with my PH over the last two months. I dump in lots of PH decreaser and it keeps bouncing up.I have been reading this and another forum for the last couple of days and it seems as if you need a knack for chemistry and a lot of time to properly care for a personal spa. I don't want to burn out another pump and I would like to spend as little time taking care of my spa as possible, and I don't mind spending a bit more for chemicals if they are easy and work well.On another website, a user suggested bleach as dichlor can raise the CYA too much, yet on this forum this has been disputed.Thanks in advance for any suggestions you have on how to keep spa treatment as simple as possible? I am about to drain the tub and start over.
Thanks for everyone's suggestions.A few folks have suggested a dichlor program which was exactly what the dealer recommended (although he suggested to do it with Nature 2). Although I was a bit concerned when the dealer told me to not worry about measuring the chlorine levels. He was also pretty vague on how much dichlor and oxidizing shock to use. Would you kind folks be willing to tell me exactly what you do that will make balancing the PH fairly easy, as this has been my greatest problem. If you could also include the size of your tub, that would be great.Thanks!
...Here's what I do. I have a 350 gallon tub with a CD ozinator running 24/7.1) After using the spa, add aprx 1/2 teaspoons of dichlor to the water, per bather and run the jets for ten minutes. Test the water, you want to ensure your chlorine (dichlor) levels reach 5 ppm, no more....
You may want to check your test strips, or your measuring spoon. If my math is correct: assuming you are starting near 0ppm chlorine after a soak, you would need slightly less than a Tablespoon to get to 5 ppm. 1/2 teaspoon would equal about 1ppm in your tub. :-?
No way. 2 years no problems. I have to say, if i added a tablespoon (3 tespoons) my chlrone would be 10ppm.