I've read through all the threads on soft water questions and didn't see an answer to this question. Our swim spa is fiberglass. I read in one thread that with fiberglass the calcium hardness is irrelevant and Recommended 100% soft to help keep ta, ph, and ch stable. We have hard water (7), but not bad iron problems. Our owners manual states using no more than 40% soft water. Any ideas why?
Why does our swim spa manual recommend no more than 40% softened water?
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Low Calcium can cause the water to foam. It will be really bad in a spa with all the aeration. The main reason to follow their instructions is to maintain the warranty.
Thanks for the info! I'm new to all of this!
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So, would you recommend filling 100% with unsoftened water or do the 40/60 split?
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So, would you recommend filling 100% with unsoftened water or do the 40/60 split?
Test your tap water and decide. You gotta figure a whole lot of people don't have softeners.
Tested my water today and here are the numbers:
Softened Not softened
ph. 7.5. 8.4
alk. 80 80
ch. 0 200
i read in another thread that heated water (we do 98 degrees) is best to have ch target of 120-150. Is that correct? My other question is would you recommend 100% unsoftened water or 40% softened with 60% unsoftened?
Softened Not softened
ph. 7.5. 8.4
alk. 80 80
ch. 0 200
i read in another thread that heated water (we do 98 degrees) is best to have ch target of 120-150. Is that correct? My other question is would you recommend 100% unsoftened water or 40% softened with 60% unsoftened?