So I bought the house in May and it had an in-ground pool and a separate hot tub. Im familiar with TBT so I quickly took over the pool. In regards to the hot tub I was just adding bromine weekly (I have ignored the spa Never used, never paid attention). Now im ready to clean (with Ahhsome), drain and refill. Since this is an old spa with no UV or Ozone, can I convert to Chlorine or should I keep it running Bromine? I read both pinned articles and I am stuck. What would you do? Also what is the best way to calculate spa volume? I have no clue on make/model
New Spa Owner of an old Spa - Convert to Chlorine??
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Let me see if I have this correct-
You have an inground pool, in which you use Bromine as its sanitizer? Or does the pool use chlorine??
You have a stand alone hot tub which does not share any water or equipment with the pool? This hot tub uses bromine?
I would suggest you clean out the hot tub with Ahh-some, as you have suggested you'll do. Then I'd make the hot tub match whatever you use in the pool.
I personally have a SWG on my pool, and used to use chlorine in the hot tub but later found a small SWG meant for hot tubs. Now each are the same so I don't worry about transferring bromine to a chlorine pool or some other situation.
It makes for easier testing if you keep both things the same. Bromine is hard to test for and a bit of a PITA to get rid of unless you do a drain and refill.
Generally hot tubs use in the 300-400 gallon range. It wouldn't be hard to measure that at your meter when refilling I would think?
If you pop open a panel on the hot tub to the inside guts you may find out a brand name.
Maddie
You have an inground pool, in which you use Bromine as its sanitizer? Or does the pool use chlorine??
You have a stand alone hot tub which does not share any water or equipment with the pool? This hot tub uses bromine?
I would suggest you clean out the hot tub with Ahh-some, as you have suggested you'll do. Then I'd make the hot tub match whatever you use in the pool.
I personally have a SWG on my pool, and used to use chlorine in the hot tub but later found a small SWG meant for hot tubs. Now each are the same so I don't worry about transferring bromine to a chlorine pool or some other situation.
It makes for easier testing if you keep both things the same. Bromine is hard to test for and a bit of a PITA to get rid of unless you do a drain and refill.
Generally hot tubs use in the 300-400 gallon range. It wouldn't be hard to measure that at your meter when refilling I would think?
If you pop open a panel on the hot tub to the inside guts you may find out a brand name.
Maddie
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I too am confused if you have a standalone fiberglass spa or if your spa shares water with your pool.. It makes a huge difference.
Jim R.
I too am confused if you have a standalone fiberglass spa or if your spa shares water with your pool.. It makes a huge difference.
Jim R.
Sorry thats what happens when you write fast and don't proof read. I have updated the post. Its a separate fiberglass hot tub. When I bought it the owner was using bromine. But now that im going to clean it I was thinking of moving to chlorine since that is what I am use to with the pool. Hope that makes sense.
Is it ok to move to chlorine without a UV or Ozone system? Also, according to the post it says to initially use dichlor to get CYA up to 20 then switch to bleach. The previous owner left some Clorox Shock Plus which is 58% sodium dichloro-s-triazinetrione. I assume this is ok to use?
Is it ok to move to chlorine without a UV or Ozone system? Also, according to the post it says to initially use dichlor to get CYA up to 20 then switch to bleach. The previous owner left some Clorox Shock Plus which is 58% sodium dichloro-s-triazinetrione. I assume this is ok to use?
My spa is running without ozonator and with chlorine via a sort of stenner. Filtering twice a day and when filtering it gets some chlorine. After use we put manual chlorine in the spa. At the start some fiddling but now it's easy. This way it can be left alone for weeks when on vacation.
After initial fill I weekly check values of fc, cc and PH. Most of the time only adding muratic acid to lower PH.
Be prepared that chlorine goes fast because of high temperatures when compared to a pool.
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After initial fill I weekly check values of fc, cc and PH. Most of the time only adding muratic acid to lower PH.
Be prepared that chlorine goes fast because of high temperatures when compared to a pool.
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Yes, you sure can use that product left over (with awareness that you can't use it forever) and you should have a good test kit. THe kits we trust are the Taylor 2006C or the TF-100, both available via Amazon or tftestkits.net
Have you read this --> How do I use Chlorine in my Spa (or pool)?)
Don't worry about the lack of ozonator or UV... many would say you're better off without them anyway!
Maddie
Have you read this --> How do I use Chlorine in my Spa (or pool)?)
Don't worry about the lack of ozonator or UV... many would say you're better off without them anyway!
Maddie