Owner`s manual

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Aries Spas • User Manual
subject.
Itisnecessarytotreatyourspa’swaterfortwoimportantreasons:
1)Tokeepthespawaterfreefromharmfulbacteriaandalgae.
2)Tokeepthewater’spercentageofacidityandalkalinity(pH)inbal-
ance,sothatyourspa’sequipmentwillnotbecorrodedbyacidor
cloggedbyalkalinebuildup.
Disinfectants
Thereareseveralalternativesfordisinfectingyourspa,includingchemi-
caldisinfectants(mostnotablybromine or chlorineproducts),andnon-
chemicalmethods(suchasozonegenerators,reverseionizers,etc.).Ask
yourspaspecialistforamoredetailedexplanation.
Thenon-chemicalmethodswillnotonlysanitizeyourwater,butalso
helptostabilizethewater’spHbalance(explainedbelow).Thisisbe-
causeyouaren’talteringthebalancebyaddingchemicals(whichhavea
pHfactoroftheirown).
Bromine/Chlorine Products
Tochemicallytreatagainstbacteria,spabromineandchlorineproducts
areoftenused.Manyoftheseproductscomeinself-dispensingcontain-
ers.Ifyouusethese,checkfrequentlytomakesurethatyourdispenser
hasn’trunoutofchemical.Also,usingaspatestkit,testthewaterfre-
quentlytomakesurethatyoursanitizerisatacceptablelevels.
Occasionally,itisnecessarytoaddalarger-than-ordinaryquantityof
disinfectanttoremovebodyoilsandproteinwastes(suchasperspiration)
fromthewater.Thislargedose,or“ShockTreatment”,canbepurchased
inhandypackets,orinbulkform.
Ozone Generator
OzoneGenerationisamethodofsanitizingwaterthathasbeeningeneral
usesincethelate1800’s.TheOzoneGeneratorusesultravioletraysto
purifythewater.