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2013 HS Grandee W/ ACE Salt Progress Real Life results
dunecritter:
This thread was not started to "Convert" nor "Sell you"...A simple progress report on my ACE System. Because there are genuine curious onlookers and I'll post the results for them. Take it for what its worth...appreciate it or don't. Simple guys. But I don't care to hear it's no good or it doesn't work from people with no real life personal experience. So start your own thread telling people why YOU wouldn't want the ace system and how happy you are keeping things just as they have been since the first day a hot tub was built....By the way...Have you heard they actually put a man on the moon? WOW! Crazy how things change over time huh??? Same guy drives around in his ol truck or car and says look at that idiot in that POS Bently or Vette...Not worth the money he says... Then that guy blows by you with a smile on his face....Some people will pay for convenience if it works...Simple as that. I did and so far will do it again.
Jacuzzi Jim:
It's what happens! You post something like that and you are going to get "opinions" like it or not, it is an open forum after all. If you don't want any of us to reply and wait for some happy go lucky person to come along looking for info on it and read it, that's fine they might. But don't get all worked up and what not when people that have been around here a lot longer, and in the industry longer then give their thoughts on the matter. You actually might gain something from it.
I get what your saying its just your own review, what I hear is a sales pitch from a salesman. Same thing I thought when I read your first post and said what I said. Turned out I was right. I see you posted in the review section, it's a good place for just that kind of post and you won't have to worry about us raining on your parade or kicking you off the soap box...
I honestly I am on pins and needles waiting to hear your review of no by-pass filtration. Been quite ahwile since we discussed that one. Of course there were way more people around here then, the neighborhood has seemed to go down hill lately.
rosewoodsteel:
Dune,
I am very interested to see how the salt system works for you. When I bought my spa, there were many options I could have purchased. Each brought up the price of the hot tub considerably, so I chose only the extras that I really wanted.
One that was offered to me was Artic's, salt system. Here is the spiel I received from my salesman, a great guy by the way:
Onzen Salt Water system
The Onzen™ Salt Water System is Arctic Spas® proprietary salt water system that produces sanitizer from naturally sourced Dead Sea salts through electrolysis. Salt-water sanitizer generation has several advantages over traditional sanitizer methods. Firstly, sanitizer is created, rather than added to the system and so there is very little on-going cost related to this system. The sanitizer that is created is of a pure form and therefore is quite free of residual, resulting in much longer water lifespan. The resulting spa water is much more gentle to skin and eyes, and has a similar salinity to a human tear. Onzen™ has many unique features that have overcome previous challenges tied to salt water systems for spas. The first is that Onzen has a user-replaceable electrode cartridge. Electrolysis is a sacrificial process by definition – the electrodes will eventually deteriorate and require replacement. The replacement of the Onzen titanium electrode cartridge is a simple and inexpensive maintenance item that does not require the hot tub to be drained. The second key feature of Onzen is the ability to control the system either from the topside control, or via the Arctic Spas® Smart Phone App. This user adjustment can be used to match the sanitizer output of the Onzen system to the current, or anticipated bather load.
The use of the Onzen Salt Water system can significantly reduce the effort required to maintain clear and safe spa water, but we do suggest adding the Peak I or II ozone systems as well to maximize the benefit of the Onzen Salt Water system.
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The "Dead Sea Salt" diatribe was a bit for me to handle...
In the end, I decided not to step forward with it, although it was half the price mentioned here :).
I am interested in seeing how effective and reliable a system like this is, and may be interested in adding it in the future, so keep up the good work!
meriflower:
Sorry Dune! I hope you keep us posted as I am more interested in the longevity as salt is corrosive no matter what form. I am all for making things easier, no smells, etc but not if I have to keep replacing things. I am als not a dealer and do not have access to discounted or free service/parts. I found out that Sundance used a salt system (ISO Pure System) in their tubs back in 1999 but discontinued it.
dunecritter:
Well Its been awhile since I've had a chance to hop in the tub (almost 2 weeks as I painted my home as I have been bzy with that and work) and I intentionally did nothing with it regarding to even opening the cover during this time. Well yesterday I opened the cover and tested my water with regular test strips and as expected...water was good...still clear with absolutely no smells to speak of...once tested I noticed the sanitizer levels were perfect and the softness was good but like normal.. The PH and Alk has creped up and required a touch of PH down to get it back in range. That's it, so far so good. I have yet to clean my cell (Manufacture recommends every 3 months and I'm at 5 months now) so I decided to dip the cell in a PH Down solution for a 10 Min and was surprised to see no bubbles from the cleaning process. I looked down the cell and I cannot see any deposit buildup on it yet so maybe It will be more necessary as the cell gets aged with more time/use in the water. One annoying thing as this was the first time cleaning the cell and I put too much water in the PH solution bottle so when I submerged the cell I had excess spillage...so I quickly grabbed the hose to dilute the solution. Clearly a rookie mistake that won't happen again.
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