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Artesian South Seas 965L w/iFrog - ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY
The Wizard of Spas:
I do hear from others that you do need to run the counter a little higher than what the marketing on the package says. Additionally- what is your usage like? If it is getting used daily with several people, that is always going to chew up your product faster.
What you may want to consider:
pH *must* be in 7.4-7.6 to truly allow @ease to work at its peak performance. @ease relies on pH control more than any other product I have encountered. Furthermore, the temperature *must* be at least 90F, but I've spoken with the chemists there at King Tech and they said its really at least 94F.
You're supposed to run a 0.5 FC and a TC can be as high as 10-15ppm on @ease. That is why their is not TC labeled on their test strips but just a color indicating if it is good or low. So the cartridges may empty, but are you still getting the readings of very high TC?
Phosphates can be a thing. If it is filled with water from a softener- then that too can be an impediment. There has to be something we here on this thread are missing, as like others- I agree that @ease is a great system.
guardrail22:
Well, we had this straightened out during the summer by refilling thru am charcoal filter and circulating 16oz of metal remover for 24 hours then broadcasting the starter kit. We were putting in 4 oz of shock after every use. $3-4 /day for chemicals.
Then a it started going cloudy after the first silver cartridge went out. Nothing would clear it up. I finally told the dealer I wanted my money back and they could come and get it. Still waiting for Artesian to chime in.
Meantime they are running the tub with two blue cartridges in the holder and alternating shock and chlorine treatments after each use. Weekly checks by the service guy.
The only theory so far is the tub cannot off gas well enough to keep the residual and free chlorine within range of each other. I’m convinced something is not right in the equipment.
guardrail22:
Put three oz of chlorine in yesterday and it was too high last night and still pretty rich today. I’m learning to hate this thing.
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