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Freshwater Salt Cartridge Lifespan Experiences
Galaxybrooks:
Got my water tested and phosphates came back at 3000. I was told 125 is where I need to be. Everything else was balanced well. Going to get some phosphate remover from the dealer and update on progress as I go.
Hottubguy:
I would understand with a phosphate level of 3000 not holding chlorine but that shouldn’t make you fly through cells like you are
jzellers:
--- Quote from: Galaxybrooks on February 05, 2021, 02:37:51 pm ---Got my water tested and phosphates came back at 3000. I was told 125 is where I need to be. Everything else was balanced well. Going to get some phosphate remover from the dealer and update on progress as I go.
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Hi, I am having similar issues, 5th cartridge in 8 months. I am curious if you are on well water or city/municipal? My technician has mentioned Phosphates before but has never tested. I assumed that municipal water would not have such an issue but i could be wrong.
Also curious if the phosphate remover worked.
Thanks
Sammi:
--- Quote from: jzellers on April 19, 2021, 02:54:21 pm ---
--- Quote from: Galaxybrooks on February 05, 2021, 02:37:51 pm ---Got my water tested and phosphates came back at 3000. I was told 125 is where I need to be. Everything else was balanced well. Going to get some phosphate remover from the dealer and update on progress as I go.
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Hi, I am having similar issues, 5th cartridge in 8 months. I am curious if you are on well water or city/municipal? My technician has mentioned Phosphates before but has never tested. I assumed that municipal water would not have such an issue but i could be wrong.
Also curious if the phosphate remover worked.
Thanks
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Is your spa fairly new? I received my spa about 7 months ago in September. I went through 5 cartridges by January. I drained my spa around January 9th, and started fresh with new water and a new cartridge. I added about 3 oz of phosphate remover per dealer testing instructions and almost 4 months later I'm still on the same cartridge. In fact my cartridge has outlasted my water as I just changed it again yesterday and am still using my cartridge from January.
My dealer said all their customers were struggling with the cartridges since last fall. But they also acknowledged they weren't treating phosphates much. They tested but didn't necessarily treat it. I think its a combination of bad cartridges and phosphates issues.
It will be telling when my current cartridge goes out. I still have 3 that I purchased from last fall. My current cartridge came from a different cartridge order back in January. When its time to put a new cartridge in if the new cartridge doesn't last very long I'll for sure that the batch was bad.
Galaxybrooks:
Thanks to everyone for adding to the thread. Update since February after treating phosphates. Good news, phosphate remover did its job and brought levels down to zero and made the water super clear after adding the clarifier. I've had the water tested once a month since January and levels have all been inline with manufacturer recommendations. I continue to oxidize shock once a week. I've been able to reduce the salt output levels down to normal use levels with good results. I do an occasional manual chlorine shock to 5ppm when I travel and always come back with Chlorine levels around 2 to 3ppm. Bad news, my last 2 salt cartridges both went out after 8 weeks like clockwork. I've just picked up a new batch of 3 and a system cleaner and will be doing a full drain and refill and running the cleaner through the jets after the current cartridge goes out. Hopeful that after a refill I'll get 3 to 4 months out of these things.
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