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Original => Hot Tub Forum => Topic started by: thearm on April 23, 2006, 06:47:17 pm

Title: cyanuric acid levels
Post by: thearm on April 23, 2006, 06:47:17 pm

how do you lower the cyanuric acid level in spa?
free chlorine 2ppm
ph 7.3
ta 120
CA 280
Any ideas?

Title: Re: cyanuric acid levels
Post by: Vinny on April 23, 2006, 07:13:06 pm

Drain it ... either complete or partial ... that's the only way.

Title: Re: cyanuric acid levels
Post by: hottub.pool_boy on April 23, 2006, 10:09:54 pm

ditto. dilution is the solution.

Title: Re: cyanuric acid levels
Post by: anne on April 23, 2006, 11:24:36 pm

Quote

dilution is the solution.

That is our motto in surgery, too: "dilution is the solution to pollution"

;D

Title: Re: cyanuric acid levels
Post by: SerjicalStrike on April 24, 2006, 09:11:17 am

Personally, I would only worry about CYA if you are having issues with keeping your spa clean.  

If you start having water clarity issues and your CYA level is high, just replace all the water.  It is much easier that way.

Title: Re: cyanuric acid levels
Post by: hymbaw on April 24, 2006, 10:35:13 am

Don't worry about it until your levels are 500 or higher. At that point the CYA hinders your chlorines ability to sanitize.