Recent content by Wineguy5942

I just retested to be sure. Cold tap water from my kitchen sink is the following: pH: 8.0+ *strong dark purple possibly off the scale of the Taylor K-2005 pH test. TA: 100ppm CH: 40ppm I tested the hot water after running for one minute to clear the lines. Our hot water is water softened...

I took cold tap water out of the kitchen sink and used the Taylor test kit. We installed the water softener on the hot water side only, so the hot water tests as 0. It's possible that our water supply fluctuates chemistry, as sometimes there are noticeable chloramines in the tap water that you...

We were told that is why we have scale on everything, so we bought one. This is one of my wife's shampoo bottles that has been in our shower for 3 months. We have it on the hot water side only. It is WAY better than when we didn't have one, but we still get this scale on everything. The houses...

I'm using the Taylor test kit. I estimated 55 because there is a partial color change at 5 drops where the green turns grey/brown and then at 6 drops its a complete color change. My pH is usually 7.9-8.0 right when I take off the cover and sometimes goes up upon aeration and sometimes...

Going to do an ahh some purge tomorrow for the first time and then a 100% refill. I haven't done a 100% refill since I set the spa up in December and have never done a purge. Its an inflatable spa and ive noticed brown film on the connector behind the filter so i figured it needed a purge...

It cant be from condensation because its like a couple of cups of water! That's pretty significant in my opinion... It's an inflatable spa, so it has an inflatable cover too.

First off how in the nine hells does this happen? The bladder in the lid is completely inflated. One would think that if water came in, air would have come out. Does anyone else have this problem? Is this covered under warranty? Thanks!

I have ahhh some, do I need to use new water to do a purge or can I just add it to my current spa water and then drain and replace?

Thanks for the advice on the magnesium. I might give it a go and see what happens. I already use borate because I was under the assumption that it helped with the feel of the water as well as maintaining pH. It seems to get up to around 16ppm so maybe the bleach IS old?? I'm used to bleach...

Spa was drained and filled the end of February when I began doing the dichlor and bleach method. The Spa is also new, and was set up mid January, so I doubt it needs a purge already.

I've SLAM-ed a couple of times since owning the spa and it seems to help until my wife and I go back into the spa. Then its right back to the same issue of FC dropping quickly. Totally makes sense about the CYA though. My main desire for keeping the CYA low is to lower the required FC so that...

Just like it says, my wife says that her skin feels dry when we get out of the spa. Here are my current levels: FC: 5ppm CC: 0 pH: 7.6 TA: 55 CH: 140 CYA: 45 BOR: ~50 I was wondering if there was an ideal chemistry to shoot for that would be easy on her skin? She uses a lot of lotion...

Thanks!

Ok that makes sense. I guess it would be easy enough to call up the company and ask if the formula has changed...?