Every dose, worked out for your spa
Lo-Chlor gives each Iluka dose per 1,000 litres. Put in your spa’s litres and the whole routine is worked out, start-up to every three months. It is remembered on this device.
Your spa’s manual or maker lists its capacity. Most home spas hold 800 to 2,000 litres; swim spas far more.
On start up, for 1,500 litres
After a fresh fill. Then test and balance with Elevate, Descend and Hardup as needed.
- Purify9 gabout 1 rounded teaspoon
- Bliss75 ml
- Brilliance375 ml
- Seachange75 ml
Then, every week and month
Daily or after each use
- Purify9 gabout 1 rounded teaspoon
Test first, then adjust total alkalinity before pH.
Weekly
Klenz: spray on the filter cartridge, hose off.
Monthly
- Brilliance375 ml
- Eliminate75 gabout 2.5 tablespoons
Eliminate again after a heavy bather load; the spa can be used 15 minutes after dosing.
Every 3 months, and before draining
- Purge375 ml
Every 6 weeks with heavy use.
When needed
As required: Sudsaway
Only when foam is present.
Lo-Chlor’s chart is a guide: follow the dosage instructions on each label. Keep the pump running, add chemicals to water (never water to chemicals) and leave the cover off for 30 minutes after dosing.
What the water should read
- pH
- 7.2 to 7.6
- Total alkalinity
- 125 to 150 ppm
- Calcium hardness
- 200 to 275 ppm (concrete and tiled spas); 175 to 225 ppm (other surfaces)
Test before adding Elevate or Descend, and adjust total alkalinity before pH. No more than 25 grams of Descend per 1,000 litres at a time. Hardup raises calcium hardness.
Every time you dose
- Dosages indicated are intended only as a guide. Follow dosage instructions on product labels.
- Always ensure that the pump is running.
- Leave the cover off for 30 minutes after adding chemicals.
- Always add chemicals to water and not water to chemicals.
- 10 grams is one rounded teaspoon; 30 grams is one tablespoon.
From Lo-Chlor’s Iluka dosage chart. The chart itself (PDF).
Draining and refilling
1. Purge the pipes
Purge before you drain, to clear body fats and biofilm from the pipework.
2. Clean the filter
Klenz: spray on the cartridge, hose off. No soaking.
3. Clean the shell
Waterline Wonder on the scum line, then Shimmer ’N’ Seal to seal and polish.
4. Refill and start up
The start-up doses above, then test and balance.
All four steps come in the Drain and Clean Set.