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Maintaining Spa Water Quality
ommend supplies, procedures and maintenance
schedules.
Shocking the Water
In addition to using a chemical sanitizer, you will pe-
riodically need to shock the water. Shocking the
water helps remove burned-out chemicals, bacteria,
and other organic material from your spa’s water
and improves your sanitizer’s effectiveness.
Do not use chlorinating shock
, which will dam-
age your spa’s jets and pump seals. Only
use oxi-
dizer shock
. It is an easy way to maintain chemical
plans.
For best results use the directions below.
Add one ounce of oxidizer shock:
• Once a week
• After heavy bather loads
• If water has a strong odor
Spa must be running with all of the jets on high for
30 minutes with the cover open. If necessary, repeat
oxidizer shock in 30 minute intervals.
Filter Cleaning
The filter is the part of your spa that removes the
debris from the water and needs to be cleaned on a
regular basis to maximize your spa’s filtering per-
formance and heating efficiency.
In addition to spraying off the filter weekly to re-
move surface debris, your filter should be deep
cleaned periodically to dissolve scale and particles
that get lodged deep within the filter fibers and im-
pede the filtration process. Even if the filter looks
clean, scale and particles can clog the fibers and pre-
vent water from flowing through the filter resulting
in the most common spa problem – no heat, caused
by a dirty filter.
We recommend you clean your filter once a month
and replace it once every 6 months or as necessary.
1. Remove the filter by turning it counterclockwise,
unscrewing the bottom threads, then pulling it up
and out.
2. Place the dirty filter into a bucket of water deep
enough to cover the filter. Add 8 oz of liquid filter
cleaner to the bucket of water.
3. Soak the filter for a minimum of 24 hours.
4. Spray pleats of the filter with a water hose.
5. Reinstall the filter.
Tip: Keep a spare filter to use in the spa while the dirty
filter is being deep cleaned.
Starting with Fresh Water
Consult dosage recommendations on the containers
that your chemicals are packaged in since they may
have similar names and/or usage descriptions but
due to manufacturing differences, there is the likeli-
hood of under- or over-dosing the spa chemicals.
Damage to the spa or spa components from im-
proper chemical usage is not covered under the
spa’s warranty.
Important: Make sure the water is
heated. Never add chemicals to cold water, as
this will effect chemical action. Add chemicals to
the center of the spa with the pump running.
Prior to filling a spa for the first time, or after a rou-
tine draining, follow this start-up procedure. Adjust
the chemical dosages to the capacity of your particu-
lar spa, following label recommendations.
1. Clean the surface of the spa with non-abrasive
cleaner.
2. Fill the spa to the proper water level with normal
tap water. (Do not use soft water.) Heat your spa
to at least 90º.
3. Use test strip and balance the spa water.
• Adjust total alkalinity (acceptable range is
80-120ppm).
• Adjust pH if necessary (between 7.2 to 7.8).
4. Add stain and scale prevention.
5. Add two tablespoons of chorine granules to the
spa water.
6. Turn on jets for 15 minutes. Leave spa uncovered
during this time.
7. Put cover on spa and allow to heat up to desired
temperature.
Water level is very important. If the water level is
too low or too high, your spa will not operate prop-
erly. The water level should be about two inches
over the highest jet (excluding neck/shoulder jets)
when the spa is not being used.
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