I put a couple bromine tabs in filter and because floater takes forever (no erosion) got about 6ppm reading(all other chem is good per pool school here) I took a dip and the next couple days the water was really cloudy brownish. And the clean filter run time is 12 hours yes 12 hours for 800gal wood hot tub.
Did another test and has 0 bromine. Is below quote saying that there is actually bromine in water but only until I add the activator will the bromine show a reading again???
Ps does having the heater on 12 hours evaporate water and waste chemicals because I just have to add more?
pps instead of putting tabs infilter, have you guys ever seen a hottub bromine inline tab feeder on the return side ofcourse right?
Did another test and has 0 bromine. Is below quote saying that there is actually bromine in water but only until I add the activator will the bromine show a reading again???
Ps does having the heater on 12 hours evaporate water and waste chemicals because I just have to add more?
pps instead of putting tabs infilter, have you guys ever seen a hottub bromine inline tab feeder on the return side ofcourse right?
;7128 said:The bromide reserve or bromine bank, as it is sometimes called, is created by adding the sodium bromide on filling the tub. This puts bromide ions in the water. This is your reserve or bank. When you shock (oxidize) you convert them to active bromine santizer, hypobromous acid. This is what you are measuring when you test your bromine levels, not the sodium bromide. If you did not have the bromide ions in the water you would not be able to create hypobromous acid. If you do not do this and rely on bromine tabs only you will have a chlorine system until you get enough tabs dissolved to create the bank, which can take several weeks.