Pool company had me set spa to spillover 1 hour 3 times daily.....is that necessary. Not even heating spa during summer as don't want pool water hot!
Spa
- Thread starter cdf77414
- Start date
- Jul 21, 2013
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- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Yes, it ensures you maintain chlorinated water in your spa. 3 times a day for 1 hour may be overkill. But it depends what levels you keep your FC and CYA. With low CYA the sunlight can eat up the chlorine in the spa in a few hours.
Do you have a good test kit like the TF-100 Test Kit
Have you read Pool School - ABCs of Pool Water Chemistry
Can you post test results you did, not from a pool store?
Do you have a good test kit like the TF-100 Test Kit
Have you read Pool School - ABCs of Pool Water Chemistry
Can you post test results you did, not from a pool store?
Cathy,
The Spa will not normally get any fresh water unless the spillover is working. Three hours a day sounds like a lot to me, but it really depends on how much water is moving.
I assume that you are not doing this manually, and that you have an automation system. Assuming that you also have a VS pump, at what speed is the pump running when the spa is in the spillover mode?
I suspect that you could drop back to running the spillover for about 60 minutes a day, 20 minutes at a time... You can adjust the schedule and then start measuring the FC in the Spa and make sure that it stays at about the same FC as the pool water. If the FC in the spa drops below your minimum, than change the schedule to 30 minutes at a time. etc.
Thanks,
Jim R.
The Spa will not normally get any fresh water unless the spillover is working. Three hours a day sounds like a lot to me, but it really depends on how much water is moving.
I assume that you are not doing this manually, and that you have an automation system. Assuming that you also have a VS pump, at what speed is the pump running when the spa is in the spillover mode?
I suspect that you could drop back to running the spillover for about 60 minutes a day, 20 minutes at a time... You can adjust the schedule and then start measuring the FC in the Spa and make sure that it stays at about the same FC as the pool water. If the FC in the spa drops below your minimum, than change the schedule to 30 minutes at a time. etc.
Thanks,
Jim R.
Some people can get away with that and some can't... In most cases, constantly running a water feature will cause your pH to increase very quickly...
Thanks,
Jim R.
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