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Owner’s Manual Water and Your Spa
Stain and Scale Prevention (Weekly Mineral Control)
As part of your Cal Spas Clear Water Plan, weekly protection from minerals are also highly recommended. Add
water to your spa weekly, replacing water that has evaporated or spilled over.
Due to water replacement and overall chemical fluctuation, Stain and Scale Defense is an important part of
weekly spa maintenance to prevent minerals from damaging spa components and effecting performance.
Weekly Dosage
Add 2oz. of Stain and Scale Defense weekly directly to the center of the spa with all of the jets on high speed.
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ARNING: DO NOT USE SPA BRITE OR LIKE PRODUCTS, ON THE SAME DAY YOU ADD METAL
PROTECTOR TO THE WATER. ADDING THESE CHEMICALS ON THE SAME DAY
WILL RESULT IN CLOUDY WATER.
Sanitizers (Bromine and Chlorine)
How Sanitizers Work
Sanitizers such as bromine and chlorine, basically kill bacteria and other organic waste by breaking them down
to non-harmful levels, therefore eliminating them from the water. You will need to know how each sanitizer
performs this task to maximize their efficiency.
Bromine
Bromine in generally in tablet form, and requires a small plastic floater to dissolve slowly into the spa water.
With a proper understanding of how it works, it is quite an effective sanitizer, with a bonus of low chemical
odors. Unlike chlorine, bromine can breakdown bacteria and other contaminant’s to a safe level, then move on
to the other contaminant’s with a low burnout rate.
The problem that most spa owners have with bromine is that they don’t follow a chemical plan, allowing the
bromine tablets to completely dissolve out of the floater. This causes bromine levels to go up and down. This
is not what is desired from a sanitizer. As mentioned before, bromine dissolves slowly into the water. The
proper way to manage a bromine system is discussed in the following section.
Bromine Management (500 gallon spas @100ÞF)
1. Add 2oz. of Go Bro into the spa with all of the jets on high speed. This is your base bromine level as the
tablets will take awhile to dissolve enough to manage 500 gallons of water.
2. Add 2oz. of Oxidizer Shock into the spa with all of the jets on high speed and the spa cover at least half
off for 30 minutes. This will remove any organic materials that may have been left in the plumbing lines
after its last draining.
3. Start by placing 3 to 4 bromine tablets into a 95% closed plastic floater and place into the spa. (Do not
place bromine tablets into the filter basket.)
Weekly
1. Test bromine level with test strips.
NOTE
: Bromine test levels will vary if the spa is equipped with the Quest 2000 Ozonator.
Test levels with the Quest 2000 Ozonator: 1 to 3 Parts Per Million (ppm)
Test levels without the Quest 2000 Ozonator: 3 to 5 Parts Per Million (ppm)
2. Add one or two bromine tablets to the floater weekly. You want to replenish the same amount of bromine
tablets equal to the tablet dissolve rate (the dissolve rate will be higher at hotter temperatures and slower
at lower temperatures).
NOTE
: Never let the bromine tablets run completely out of the floater.