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How to properly
clean your spa!
The steps for
cleaning and maintaining your spa are basically the same as those
for cleaning and maintaining your swimming pool. Although you may
confront some different types of conditions in your spa that you
need to clean or maintain.
Clean the filter itself before you clean the spa. You may clean the
filter by running fresh water from the garden hose through the
circulation system. This action will clean out and rid the lines of
any dirty water. If you do not take this step first, you risk having
your clean spa water fill up with dirty water when you turn the
circulation back on.
Next you need to decide if you need to drain your spa before
attempting to clean it. If the water appears extremely dirty,
cloudy, or the spa contains rocks or gravel amongst hard to reach
places you will probably need to drain the water in the spa.
However, if you cannot determine for certain if the spa needs
draining, you may determine if it is necessary to drain it or not by
testing the chemistry of the water.
Chemical testing and treatment should be done with great care. Keep
in mind that spas contain a lot less water than swimming pools so
you need to be more precise with your chemical applications. Since a
swimming pool has a much greater water content than a spa, it is
easier for the pool's water to absorb a chemical error. With a spa,
you should add the chemicals very slowly and add fewer chemical than
you think necessary. You can always add more, but you cannot easily
take away excess chemicals.
If it is necessary to drain a spa, turn off the equipment at the
breaker so that the time clock does not turn on before it should.
While the spa is draining, it is best to set up the submersible
pump, then go on to something else while the water is draining. The
submersible pump will not burn out if it keeps running because it
contains a small hole in the bottom which recirculates even a small
amount of water.
When vacuuming out your spa, be very careful if your spa is made of
fiberglass. If you vacuum too carelessly, you may scratch the bottom
and sides of the spa.
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