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I didn't use a calculator, but do the math. I'm not saying you need to change what is working for you, but I don't think you are getting your tub to 5ppm with the doses you are talking about.
What forumla do you use? Are you taking into consideration the concetration of the chlrone product? The other day, after new years, I had 5 folks in my tub for 45 minutes. I added 1 tablespoon of dichlor (or 6 "1.2" teaspoons and ran the jets for 40 mintues. My chlorine level an hour later was over 5ppm.)
I'll triple check everything tonight and ensure my scoop is indeed 1/2 oz. And if I have time, after the pub tonight, I'll dose and measure the tub. I'll add 1/2 oz and see, and add 1 tbl and see.
I do that about once a month so i dont have to fool with it!These people that seem proud they haven't changed their waterin 9 months or a year....lol......I don't get it!I wouldn't be proud of that.....lol.....2EachHisOwn!
... So, Reese was right. All this time I thought I was doseing .5 to 1 teaspoons of dichlor, I was actually doesing 1- 2 teaspoons... So my dosing of 1-2 scoops has been working great for me, but I have been incorrectly reporting the actual amount. Thanks Reese.
Now, if I could just get you to understand ozone.... Seriously though, I'm glad we found this little discrepancy -- not because it makes any difference in your situation... but because you are very good about sharing your routine with new owners, and it will help them to know the actual amounts. Last week we had two threads where people were having problems with their tubs while using <1 tsp doses, and another where a member told someone that a 5ppm dose was "way too much", and suggested 1/2 tsp in a tub your size. At times, it seems that people are focused too much on using micro amounts of sanitizer, when an extra 1/2 - 1 tsp would provide much more room for error/unanticipated challenges to the system, like pH >7.5 or a tough bug. As WSD so eloquently states "Spare the dichlor, and spoil the hot tub".p.s. As long as we are getting precise, are you using level or rounded measurements?
As far as my levels, no they were not exact. They were rounded. What is it that you want me to understand about ozone?
If itakes 1/2 or 10, onces, pounds or hammerfors, I think it's a consistent message that with dichlor levels 3-5 ppm are agreeded to be desirable.
And if I asked "what's a hammerfor?" You'd say "to pound in nails", right? kinda like a henweigh.