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Freshwater salt vs ozone (ozonator)?
castletonia:
Whether you use ozone or salt, you should still maintain a 3-5 ppm of chlorine. When you add mineral cartridge then you can drop your chlorine to 0.5-1.0 ppm.
ratchett:
--- Quote from: castletonia on January 20, 2020, 10:16:47 pm ---Whether you use ozone or salt, you should still maintain a 3-5 ppm of chlorine. When you add mineral cartridge then you can drop your chlorine to 0.5-1.0 ppm.
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Is that the silver Ion cartridge that gets replaced every four months? Can that be used with Freshwater salt system?
Doesn't someone on this group run both the Freshwater salt system and an ozonator?
castletonia:
Yes on the silver ion. It is recommended by Hot Spring that you use it in conjunction with FreshWater Salt.
D00nut on here sells ozone with salt and has very good results.
Spatech_tuo:
--- Quote from: castletonia on January 20, 2020, 10:16:47 pm ---Whether you use ozone or salt, you should still maintain a 3-5 ppm of chlorine. When you add mineral cartridge then you can drop your chlorine to 0.5-1.0 ppm.
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Yeah I've specifically seen people struggle with water care using silver cartridges (and ozone) at that lower 1.0 ppm level who needed to raise the chlorine level so that seems like a marketing number from the silver guys. Have you seen people able to maintain good water care at those low levels? I used silver and ozone to good results in my own spa but didn't really lower the chlorine levels, I see them as an aid to avoid issues avoiding water care frustration. Besides, I always just added the chlorine granules AFTER I exited the tub and the chlorine levels subsided by the time I got back in anyway so I never really had a desire to lower the chlorine level.
outdoorfan:
Thanks for all the replies.
I'm not sure I'm any more convinced by either one, but I think I'm leaning toward the Salt system.
If one ultimately needs to keep the levels at 3PPM anyway and with the ozonator, I'll be fighting to maintain that because it's oxidizing whatever you put into the water, maybe the Freshwater Salt is the least upkeep? Do you just do the initial boostrapping of the system with pounds of salt and then dial up or down the PPM using the digital control?
I'd rather not have to add chemicals 1) every time I use it and tailor that for how many people and for how long and whether or not my 7 year old showered first (Spoiler: he won't) 2) Keeping up with the ozonator oxidizing whatever I put in and having different readings hours after I get it to 3PPM.
It seems like the Saltwater system will let me check and adjust once a week vs. once a day with the ozonator?
Is that folks experience who have the Salt system and use it most days of the week? Or are you still checking/adjusting daily?
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