Katie
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When I was working as a lifeguard, we had a strict policy of not allowing children under the age of 15 into the spa bath/hot tub, because the temperature of the spa/hot tub is fairly warm, and as children body temperature does not regulate its self as easily as an adults, and they are not able to tell that they are over heating, which can cause a convulsion.
I had a few parents who would yell and carry on, and tell me that I was being discriminatory, I calmly explained that it was company policy and the reason being that children were not allow was the temperature could cause their child to have a seizure, especially if their child had suffered from a febrile convulsion before, they would soon get out with out comment.
If you want your child to hop into a hot/spa then run the temp at a lower level and then only let stay in for a short period of about 5 minutes, and to keep an eye on them, and make sure they drink plenty of fluid after, they have hopped out. You can dehydrate when sitting in the spa/hot tub, even for a short period.
When I was working as a lifeguard, we had a strict policy of not allowing children under the age of 15 into the spa bath/hot tub, because the temperature of the spa/hot tub is fairly warm, and as children body temperature does not regulate its self as easily as an adults, and they are not able to tell that they are over heating, which can cause a convulsion.
I had a few parents who would yell and carry on, and tell me that I was being discriminatory, I calmly explained that it was company policy and the reason being that children were not allow was the temperature could cause their child to have a seizure, especially if their child had suffered from a febrile convulsion before, they would soon get out with out comment.
If you want your child to hop into a hot/spa then run the temp at a lower level and then only let stay in for a short period of about 5 minutes, and to keep an eye on them, and make sure they drink plenty of fluid after, they have hopped out. You can dehydrate when sitting in the spa/hot tub, even for a short period.
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Patty
I am getting ready to start the hot tub up for the winter. What do I need in the form of chemicals from the start up?
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First thing everytime you put new water into your hot tub or pool is you have to balance the water. First test your alaklinity. It needs to be between 80-120ppm. You cna adujst it upwards by adding Baking soda (Sodium Bicarbonate/Sodium hydrogen carbonate) next adjust the ph to 7.2-7.8. YOU want it as close as you can to 7.4-7.5. Next adjust the Calcium level to 250ppm-400ppm, by adding Calicum Carbonate (Hardness increaser). After all of th add your sanitizer, being Bromine 35 ppm, or Chlorine 1-3ppm. I hope you have a CD ozonater and perhaps a mineral stick also of copper or silver. I really like using a non-cholrine shock...MPS. Of course there's are othersanitizers like biguinde and hydrogen peroxide for a shock by Baquaspa or Bioguard. I am not a fan of them, especially if you have any kind of breathing issues.
If possible take you water to a hot tub store and have them test it. I cannot stress ths step enough since then you will have a nice computerized record 6x a year showing you have nice perfectly balanced water then when the heater goes you will be able to not let the manufacture say your heater was destroyed form improper water chemistry.
The more things you use too by the way that are not needed if your water is perfectly balanced like water clarifier, fragrances and foam dispensers will cause more peoblems by dreating more total disolved solids to be in the water there fore making it harder to balance and keep clean. Be sure to clean your filters properly with a filter cleaner. Bromine is more stable at high temperatures then chlorine.
First thing everytime you put new water into your hot tub or pool is you have to balance the water. First test your alaklinity. It needs to be between 80-120ppm. You cna adujst it upwards by adding Baking soda (Sodium Bicarbonate/Sodium hydrogen carbonate) next adjust the ph to 7.2-7.8. YOU want it as close as you can to 7.4-7.5. Next adjust the Calcium level to 250ppm-400ppm, by adding Calicum Carbonate (Hardness increaser). After all of th add your sanitizer, being Bromine 35 ppm, or Chlorine 1-3ppm. I hope you have a CD ozonater and perhaps a mineral stick also of copper or silver. I really like using a non-cholrine shock...MPS. Of course there's are othersanitizers like biguinde and hydrogen peroxide for a shock by Baquaspa or Bioguard. I am not a fan of them, especially if you have any kind of breathing issues.
If possible take you water to a hot tub store and have them test it. I cannot stress ths step enough since then you will have a nice computerized record 6x a year showing you have nice perfectly balanced water then when the heater goes you will be able to not let the manufacture say your heater was destroyed form improper water chemistry.
The more things you use too by the way that are not needed if your water is perfectly balanced like water clarifier, fragrances and foam dispensers will cause more peoblems by dreating more total disolved solids to be in the water there fore making it harder to balance and keep clean. Be sure to clean your filters properly with a filter cleaner. Bromine is more stable at high temperatures then chlorine.
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