Disinfecting Your Spa - Emerald Spa Lite Leader Owner's Manual

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Emerald Whirlpool Spa Owner's Manual

Disinfecting Your Spa

Dispenser Adjustment
The higher the setting,
the more disinfectent
will be dispensed.
Recharging Your
Dispenser
Warning:
Risk of fire and/or explosion. Under no circumstance should you mix trichloro-s-
triazinetrione with bromine or other chemicals. Use one chemical only. Never mix.
Never switch from one chemical to the other without thoroughly cleaning out the
previously used chemicals.
Disinfectants [chlorine or bromine] have strong oxidizing properties that kill bacteria and destroy other
materials.
Your spa is equipped with a disinfectant dispenser, enabling you to keep your spa clean and healthful with
a minimum of effort. This dispenser is designed to use bromine or trichloro-s-triazinetrione tablets of the
slow dissolving type.
Adjust your disinfectant dispenser as follows:
1. Verify proper disinfectant level by checking the spa water with an appropriate test kit. A level
between 3-5 ppm should be maintained.
2. Start by adjusting the control valve on the dispenser to position 3.
3. Make small gradual changes in the setting until your test kit verifies the proper setting. [The
higher the setting, the more disinfectant will be dispensed].
4. Increase the disinfectant level to 5 - 10 ppm once a week. This is called "superchlorination" or
"superbromination". This procedure aids in the formation of active disinfectant.
Recharge your disinfectant dispenser as follows:
1. Turn off power at GFCI or circuit breaker before performing any service or see standby mode
section for DS-2 & DS-4 power pack.
2. Remove disinfectant dispenser from filter housing.
3. Remove check valve assembly by turning counterclockwise.
4. Fill with trichloro-s-triazinetrione or bromine tablets or sticks which are 1" in diameter.
5. Install check valve assembly. Do not overtighten.
6. Install dispenser on filter.
7. Turn on at GFCI or circuit breaker.