Btw I keep the Cya at 50 in the hot tub and 75 in the pool.
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In my case, I just keep cya in the tub as low as possible. It is very rarely open when the sun is out so cya has no positive benefits for me.Btw I keep the Cya at 50 in the hot tub and 75 in the pool.
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It actually stabilizes the clorine and keeps your swimsuits from getting wrecked. It has a different job in the hottub and is actually important to reduce the harshness of the clorine.In my case, I just keep cya in the tub as low as possible. It is very rarely open when the sun is out so cya has no positive benefits for me.
Same deal in your pool once you have the CYA level nothing but liquid if you want it to stay clear.
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I did not know that. Cool... Thanks for sharing the info.It actually stabilizes the clorine and keeps your swimsuits from getting wrecked. It has a different job in the hottub and is actually important to reduce the harshness of the clorine.
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80 degrees (or even 90) in a hot tub will not feel very nice after about 5 minutes. I know it seems like it might as that’s perfect for a pool in the summer, but a hot tub when it’s cool/cold outside, well, it feels like a warm bath after a few minutes.
But I understand the anxiousness to get in. ?
Wow! That's crazy. Who or what would eat napthalene? Yuck!Speaking of skunks, had a family under my shed in the spring. Was told mothballs will keep them out which seemed to work so far. Now have one that wanders in from the side of the house to the backyard. The dog seems to be smarter about them now (after getting sprayed twice). I put some mothballs at the side gate to hopefully keep it from coming in that way. Something is eating them!!!! Yes, I know they are being eaten because they come in a perferrated package of two and both pakages have been ripped open and one gone from each. I could understand them being ripped open to see whats inside (even though you can clearly smell the mothballs) but one is gone from each and I looked around to see if I could find them and no luck) WTF likes the taste of mothballs ??
Good work give it a try I was out in mine earlier it is set at 98.
I would definitely not bury the cord down 1". That causes at least three issues.I did not know that. Cool... Thanks for sharing the info.
Another day of labor well spent. All the river rock got where it was supposed to.
Fixed up this little wasteland near the side gate. If the wife doesn't like it then I can always move them somewhere else:
River rock also got staged by the back shed. We just evicted a skunk from there and we want to dissuade the grumpy bugger from coming back. Gravel all around the shed and river rock going on top of that. Will be harder for him to dig under after that. The front shed is on a concrete foundation so we do not have any issues there. I did the right side and rear. Just need to fill in the left side. Next spring I will be putting mulch down there and maybe a Japanese Maple in front of the left side where the windows are? We loved the Japanese Maple we planted at the old house.
Lion's share of the river rock went to the Softub zone. I may need to redistribute it some more but I think it turned out pretty good.
I am planning to buy the cable a few inches underground to clean up the install. Thoughts?
I had the hose out of the Softub around 6 P.M. yesterday and the tub was a frigid 56 Degrees F then. At 4:30 the temp went to 84 Degrees F. Will see what the temp is at 6 P.M. and that will give me an idea of the average temp increase per hour. Maybe 1.5 Degree F per hour or so? Hopefully when it is up to temp it can keep it warm enough to enjoy.
Getting there!
I would definitely not bury the cord down 1". That causes at least three issues.
1) mechanical protection. If buried, you will step on the buried cable and over time that will beat it up. Could be solved with a PT 2x6 above the cable (resting on dirt, cable needs a slightly deeper trench to make sure the board isnt touching it)
2) temperature. Most temporary cable is designed for free air and if you enclose it it may get too hot. No easy fix for this
3) water. I'm not sure about the rating of cable for incidental contact with water vs submersion. No easy fox for this if it's an issue (and I'm not sure whether it is or not).
Personally, I would probably properly bury a 2" conduit and run the wire through that (it it's long enough). If/when you decide to run power to the tub, just pull through the conduit.
Ours stays on. Tubs dont really like to shut down, gross stuff happens. Yours is great because you can get all the water out, most have plumbing that is a bugger to drain. We drop it to 100 in the summer. Any cooler and I dont find it has an therapeutic value, any warmer and you camt stay in for more than a few minutes.Thanks so much for the input. My wife keeps telling me to leave it for the winter so I think I will leave well enough alone for now.
I can always look into a conduit or something in the spring. As it is I think my plan is to shut down the hot tub come June and then get it going again in September as the pool dials down. If it is not running anyways then I just put the cord with the Hydromate.
Are there some of you that keep a hot tub running in the summer? If we had of done this at the old house I had thoughts of running the hot tub in the 80s during the summer and using it as a cooling pool.
Our stays on year round as well always set at 100 if we want it hotter only takes a couple of minutes to go from 100 to 104.Ours stays on. Tubs dont really like to shut down, gross stuff happens. Yours is great because you can get all the water out, most have plumbing that is a bugger to drain. We drop it to 100 in the summer. Any cooler and I dont find it has an therapeutic value, any warmer and you camt stay in for more than a few minutes.
Gas?Our stays on year round as well always set at 100 if we want it hotter only takes a couple of minutes to go from 100 to 104.
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That's a lot. Mine is 40A but heater is only 4Kw, the rest is for pumps. Your heater may be double that.No 60a 220 heater
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Good work give it a try I was out in mine earlier it is set at 98.
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Ours stays on. Tubs dont really like to shut down, gross stuff happens. Yours is great because you can get all the water out, most have plumbing that is a bugger to drain. We drop it to 100 in the summer. Any cooler and I dont find it has an therapeutic value, any warmer and you camt stay in for more than a few minutes.