Are there problems with using a chlorine/ bromine neutralizer like Thio-Trine? Seems I’ve read something about that in the past.
Using neutralizers
- Thread starter Sjde
- Start date
- May 23, 2015
- 25,751
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Why would you need to use them?
Sodium thiosulfate use will add sulfates to a hot tub. Sulfates are bad for metallic components especially the heater if it’s made out of steel.
If the hot tub is properly maintained, there should be no need to use a neutralizer.
Sodium thiosulfate use will add sulfates to a hot tub. Sulfates are bad for metallic components especially the heater if it’s made out of steel.
If the hot tub is properly maintained, there should be no need to use a neutralizer.
I found an old invoice from when our hot tub was new 4 years ago (and I didn’t understand anything about it back then ) . The service person -a hot tub company - had detailed everything done on the invoice.
He had written that water was green before he treated it , bromine was 15 (!) and he got it to 6 and used this product to do that. I have no idea why it would’ve been 15 because he had serviced it before guests came to our vacation rental and it was only three people there for two nights . Though I think he waited five days to come out after they left. Or maybe because it looked so bad he gave it a super dose of shock and got the level up way too high ( intentionally?) so then had to get it down? We didn’t keep that company long.
I asked the question because I thought we might need to use it someday in the event that we inadvertently get bromine over 10 with shock and are having people coming in the same day. Leaving jet’s running & the cover open for a few hours , I don’t know if it would get it down enough , and I would hate to do that anyway with the property unattended.
He had written that water was green before he treated it , bromine was 15 (!) and he got it to 6 and used this product to do that. I have no idea why it would’ve been 15 because he had serviced it before guests came to our vacation rental and it was only three people there for two nights . Though I think he waited five days to come out after they left. Or maybe because it looked so bad he gave it a super dose of shock and got the level up way too high ( intentionally?) so then had to get it down? We didn’t keep that company long.
I asked the question because I thought we might need to use it someday in the event that we inadvertently get bromine over 10 with shock and are having people coming in the same day. Leaving jet’s running & the cover open for a few hours , I don’t know if it would get it down enough , and I would hate to do that anyway with the property unattended.
- May 23, 2015
- 25,751
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
You can certainly do that but then you’re just adding “one more chemical” to the soup...I forgot that this was an unattended tub on a rental/vacation property.
If you use the neutralizers with any regularity, I would suggest draining the tub more frequently simply to account for the added TDS. But if it’s simply a one-off use, then don’t worry about it.
If you use the neutralizers with any regularity, I would suggest draining the tub more frequently simply to account for the added TDS. But if it’s simply a one-off use, then don’t worry about it.
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