Hot Tub Forum
Original => Hot Tub Forum => Topic started by: ridge on November 12, 2016, 07:45:56 pm
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Can I add non chorine shock and dichlor at the same time? That way I can use it sooner afterwards. I have used it higher than 5 (8) but it didn't bother me but I am trying to keep it between 3-5. I shocked it once with dichlor once to 12 and it took forever to come down
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If chlorine is your main sanitizer, you may want to switch up the routine and add it *after* using the spa. Test prior to getting in and adjust your dosage as necessary. This completely eliminates the situation that prompted your question.
Hope this helps. Good luck moving forward.
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If chlorine is your main sanitizer, you may want to switch up the routine and add it *after* using the spa. Test prior to getting in and adjust your dosage as necessary. This completely eliminates the situation that prompted your question.
Hope this helps. Good luck moving forward.
I agree completely, this is what I have been doing fo r about 10 years now.
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I'm 4 days into converting my tub from bromine (through the spa frog system) to chlorine (dichlor and eventually bleach). So far, it has been working out great where I go in at night where the chlorine is barely readable on a test and then I add a tsp or so of dichlor after I get out which brings it to around 4-5ppm. By the next night, it is back down to 1-2 range (maybe even a tad lower).
Time will tell how this will work out as I use it. I did purge my tub with ahh some before switching over to chlorine. The tub wasn't actually that bad as I didn't get much biofilm residue that was noticeable. Nothing like the youtube videos I watched!
The one thing that will not be fun is maintaining chlorine levels over the extreme cold winter when I may not be able to get out to the tub everyday. I know I can get a chlorine cartridge for my spa frog and/or add something to the filter area (my dealer mentioned something about a stick that holds dichlor that goes into the filter) so I will need to figure that out. But it is nice to soak in a tub that has little to no chlorine smell.