COLDTUB Icekube - Water Maintenance; Testing and Balancing Water Chemistry

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It’s important to have clean water. Water maintenance is one of the least understood, yet most important areas
of tub ownership. Your dealer can guide you through the process of achieving and maintaining perfect water in
your tub, given your local conditions. Your program will depend on your water’s mineral content, how often you
use the tub and how many people use it.
General Information
There are three fundamental areas of water maintenance. They are (1) Water Filtration, (2) Water Sanitation,
and (3) Chemical Balance/pH Control.
Although your lter system is working several hours a day to remove particles from your water, it does not
remove bacteria or viruses. Water sanitation is the responsibility of the owner. It can be achieved through the
regular and periodic (daily, if necessary) addition of an approved sanitizer. The sanitizer will chemically control
the bacteria and viruses present in the tub water. Bacteria and viruses can grow quickly in poorly under
sanitized water.
The water’s chemical balance and pH control are also the responsibility of the owner. You will have to add
chemicals to maintain proper levels of Total Alkalinity (TA) and pH. Proper water balance and pH control will
minimize scale buildup and corrosion of metals, extend the life of the tub, and allow the sanitizer to work at
maximum efciency.
Methods For Testing Water
You will be required test and balance the water in this order.
First adjust the Total Alkalinity within 80 and 120ppm using Cold Water Balance to raise the TA, and Cold
Water Run Down to lower the TA.
Second
you will adjust the pH to between 7.2 and 7.6. use Cold Water Jump to raise the pH and Cold Water
Run Down to lower the pH.
Once you have balanced the TA and pH you will be able to accurately test and adjust the sanitizer level. you
will want a Chlorine level between 1 and 5ppm. To instantly raise the Chlorine level add Cold Water Sanitizer.
Use Tablespoon measurements to slowly increase the Chlorine in the COLDTUB.
For using the automated Sea Salt Sanitize system add 1/2 a cup of Dead Sea Salt for every 50gal of water
in the tub. Only add the salt to fresh water when the tub is lled from empty or relled from a large amount of
water loss. Test the salt content of the water using test strips and adjust to between 1800 and 2200ppm. If
the salt gets over 3000ppm you will need to drain some water and rell to dilute the concentration as not to
corrode metal components.
1.14 Water Maintenance
IMPORTANT!
Always read and
carefully follow the
directions included
with the test kit or
test strips to ensure
the accuracy of the
test results.
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