Recent content by jweaks

Is it simple math at that point for 6% bleach post-bathing dose? If it's 5 fl oz per bather per hour, does that mean 2.5 fl oz per bather per half hour? So for me and my wife for half an hour it's 5 fl oz we know we need to put back in when we're done? If our teen joins and it's the three of us...

Hello, Did a fresh fill on my 2002 Prodigy Spa, and treated with a total of 4 oz of dry acid to get my TA and Ph down to start out. My new TFKit100 only shipped today, so I took a sample to Leslie's and here are my results: Gallons: 325 FC: .1 TC: .64 pH: 8.1 TA: 78 CH: 156 CYA: 5 Phosphates...

Ok, @Dirk @jseyfert3 , I should get muriatic acid instead of Dry Acid? Ok, I should get that at the hardware store then. I did not know. I'm familiar with the Leslie's ethos, as I had a pool and separate hot tub for 9 years at a prior house. I used the BBB method.

That's a great idea. I have a Leslie's I can take a sample to. I am out of dry acid, surely I can buy it there, right? LoL. I normally get my spa chems at the Ace Hardware around the corner. But why they carry everything including Spa Up, but no Spa Down is pretty weird.

Thanks, all. I meant to post this in the Introduce Yourself section (sorry moderators). This original post was very lame as a pure "can you help me" post. Sorry. Yesterday, I did two rounds of 2oz of dry acid three hours apart, and the TA and Ph are still off the chart high for the crappy...

Hello. I bought a 15 year old Hot Springs Prodigy a couple years ago. Works great, but have never kept my balance great. Used chlorine for a year, then switched to bromine thinking that would be more forgiving for an irresponsible lazy owner like me. I'm switching back to chlorine (probably...