I'm not too sure what all of those mean but the chlorine level and pH are normal (measured by the color on the dipstick). I'm not using salt any more. See more detailed reply to rdaspaguy. Not sure what you mean about ozone. Thanks, Mark.
The strips are pretty finicky, generally inaccurate, & get easily bleached out.
do yourself a favor & get a proper test kit (Taylor k2006 or tf100) so you can manage your tub chemistry more accurately.
Definitions:
Br= bromine (sounds like this doesn’t apply to you as you mentioned you use chlorine as your sanitizer)
Fc = free chlorine
Cc= combined chlorine
The strips cannot tell the difference between these two as they only read Total chlorine which is fc+cc
Knowing them separately is pretty important as persistent cc’s mean its time to purge, drain, & refill.
Ph = potential of hydrogen (this should ideally be kept in the 7’s)
Ta= total alkalinity
Ch= calcium hardness
Cya = cyanuric acid- this is extremely important because it determines what your fc level should be
FC/CYA Levels
With solely using dichlor for chlorination your cya could be very high which makes proper sanitation hard to achieve. For Each 1ppm of fc that dichlor adds it also adds nearly 1ppm of cya. When cya exceeds 50 ppm in a hot tub it can be gregarious to keep sanitary.
What the strips say is “normal” may or may not actually be ideal.
We like to see the actual numbers.
Something isn’t right for you to be burning through heaters like you have been.
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