User`s guide

Chemical Maintenance
Sanitizers... At Wind River Spas we pride ourselves in having the closest possible system to Chemically
free. This is not to say that you will not have to add chemicals to the water, however; if maintained properly
you can get into chemical free water every time you use it. This is only possible because of our continuous
clean filtration system. Your spa is designed to filter up to fifty five gallons per minute all day and filters the
entire body of water in your spa every 8-10 minutes. It is a combination of this filtration and the latest in
ozone technology that enables you to enjoy chlorine, bromine, and peroxide free water every time you soak
in your new spa. The reason this is possible is because of the corona discharge ozone that comes standard
with every Wind River Spa. This new design of ozone is capable of holding the light frequency needed to
create ozone gas almost twenty-four hours a day, everyday for up to five years. The only part of any day
that the ozone doesn’t run is the twenty minutes after the spas jet pumps are engaged, (see Ozone in the
Safety Features part of the Health and Safety section of the on-line version of this manual).
The ozone gas will eliminate most algae, fungus, or bacteria that could build up in the water when not
being used. Regardless of how clean a person is when getting in the spa, the ozone’s sanitizing power is
not enough to clean the amount of contaminants a person’s body ads. To ensure the water is clean again
for the next use you must add at least half of a teaspoon of chlorinating granules per person each time you
get out of the spa. The less often you use the spa the more chlorine you must add after each use, (check the
chlorine to usage chart in this section of the manual). By doing this you will sanitize the water as needed
based on your usage. Unlike bromine or peroxide a small dosage of chlorine will dissipate in the water after
a few hours leaving only Cyanuric acid as a residual. Since Cyanuric acid is harmless and only builds up in
extremely small doses, (much of which is burned off by UV from the sun), the water is clean and chemical free
the next day when you’re ready to use it again. To ensure this try to leave 4-5 hours between uses so as to
allow the chlorine to dissipate.
If more than two people use the spa the dosage of chlorine you add increases so allow more time for the
chlorine to dissipate. If anyone chooses to use the spa shortly after chlorine has been added it will still be
perfectly safe but the water may smell of the chemical a little bit. Fortunately the amount you add per person
is small enough that it shouldn’t be harsh on your skin even if used again directly after being treated. There
are other sanitizing systems such as bromine, peroxide, or silver nitrate wands, however; we will not discuss
those in this manual as use of them is contradictory to our spa design and will void your warranty in most
situations.
Water Balance... Once a week you will need to check the balance of the water. The balance consists of
two things, alkalinity and pH. If your calcium is at an appropriate level, (see Initial Chemical Start Up in the
Initial Start Up part of this section of the manual), and you are changing your water at least every four months
than your balance should stay consistent. To check the balance you will need to use test strips like the ones
provided in your initial chemical kit.
Every week you should dip a test strip in the water and remove it, then wait 15 seconds and compare it to the
color chart provided on the bottle. You want your alkalinity to test as close to one hundred PPM as possible,
and your pH to test between 7.2 and 7.8. If your balance is off use the gallon chart in this section of the
manual to determine your spas water capacity, then use that information in coordination with the directions
on the bottle to determine dosage. Once this is balanced you should have to do very little in this area until
the next drain and refill.
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Operating Procedures