Recent content by CeeElGee78

Residual bromine somewhere in the whole scheme of things could be a problem. I found old tablets left behind, but I tossed them out, not intending to use bromine. I did take Mdragger's advice and performed another purge. It did make a big difference, in as much as it doesn't use nearly as much...

Also, I'm taking time away from my pool prep/refresh this spring. I need to be pricing VS pumps and possibly a Stenner. Can't wait to get back outside to, as they say, familiar waters!

Yes, the water looks good. I pulled the filter this morning because I'm going to take your advice and perform another purge. If nothing else, to demonstrate to the Dear Wife that I'm working on a solution and offer some hope. I mean, can we level with me here? Is an indoor spa/hot tub, even the...

UPDATE: After further inspection, I have concluded that my spa does NOT have an ozonator/ozone option. Judging by the photos I've attached, there is a spot inside the electrical panel for one, but from the grainy photo from underneath, you can see that nothing is plugged into it. So we can rule...

Yeah, I explained to her the analogy of 3 people in ours is like 180 people in our pool. Didn't change her opinion of what I was trying to accomplish very much! Even with the tub not powered on overnight, I lost almost all my FC this morning (.5 FC, 1 ppm CC) and decided to perform a shock to 12...

Unfortunately, there's no outward indication when the ozonator might be running, if at all. I should take off the panel cover inside and investigate more. Also, we don't keep the tub powered on overnight. The missus doesn't care to heat it overnight. It's in a conditioned sunroom and loses only...

Yes, I should have included that. Did the Ahh!some purge before filling.

Thank you to everyone who helped me get off the ground a few weeks ago. Now it's time to fine-tune this relic as much as I can. First and foremost, I have to try and get a handle on that classic hot-tub "smell" that irritates my wife's sensitive olfactory senses (because ultimately, that's who...

I'm gonna have to ponder that for a little while, I'm afraid. The lines between 20 and 30 are rather far apart. If the dot disappears exactly between them, why can't I call it 25?! Besides, I want to keep CYA as low as possible in order to keep chlorine as low as possible. My wife, who this is...

Oh, sorry! I ended up as I suggested, turning my bypass exactly halfway between. I tested as I filled and the CH was at 120 and I haven't seen any excess foaming, so I'm happy. Proceeding with borates tomorrow.

Yes, thank you, that's exactly what I did. Took me a few hours to tame my TA from more than 200 down to 50, but also got my dichlor in there in a timely fashion. It's a sunny day today, so I hope to perform a drop test for CYA, but I should be in the 25 ppm range. Switching to liquid chlorine at...

Yeah, about that ... I didn't take any photos! :eek: My wife wasn't very happy with me either ;) I have the spa filled as of this evening. I'm waiting on a new filter to be delivered and I will start balancing and sanitizing the water tomorrow. I've been reading up on bromine/bromides, but it...

UPDATE: Tub is nearly full but I didn't fill it all the way. I don't see any leaks anywhere. Although I was skeptical at first, the heater seems to be working, slowly but surely. The water temp has increased 10 degrees in two hours. It began running on low speed as soon as I powered on the...