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The only downside I see is $$$ in electricity.Do you your clean button or have your tub programmed to run after you exit?
I run the clean cycle every time I put dichlor in, especially after I get out. I haven't noticed a huge difference in my energy consumption, but HotSprings is one of the most energy efficient tubs on the market! Plus, it gives me a chance to come inside, and dry off a bit, then when the 10 minutes are up, I can just run out, put the cover back on, and I'm done! But that is just mej!
My HS has a clean button that runs the jets for ten minutes. After I get out of the tub I add Dichlor I press the clean button and let the chem cycle and the water filter for the pre-programmed ten minutes.The only downside I see is $$$ in electricity.Do you your clean button or have your tub programmed to run after you exit?
The circ pump at 240 x 2.5 amps = .600 kW x .09 = 5.4 cents per hour or about a $1.30 a day
Ok..I don't have the clean up cycle on my Coleman...so here's my take on this senerio..as you all know I use my hot tub more than most people on this forum (5-7 times per day) so my experience with the filtration cycles are for heavy bather loads. First thing in the am...(sometimes this time is 5:30am) we test our water if all levels are fine we don't do a thing. I'm in the tub 4-5 more times during the day in hot temp days I leave the cover half off to drop the temp a bit. at around 9pm we do our last soak for the evening (btw everytime I get out I run the filtration for about 5 min) I add 1 tsp of Bromine after our evening soak to ensurew levels will be fine in the am. Now...my dealer was down yesterday (sunday) and reset my filtration cycles from 4 hours 2x a day to 5 hours 2 x a day (otherwise I filter from 2-6pm and from 10pm to 2 am) anyway I hope this sort of helps LOLBP
Backpains you do have a cleanup cycle on your Coleman.It's automatic and doesn't need to be set. Just turn jet one on low and it will go into a four hour clean up cycle.