AquaSmarte Delivery System?

[sc-pierce]

my neighbor has the aquasmarte thing..he swears by it. your chlorine SHOULD be low with it, that's the whole point of having that particular system anyway. it uses copper ions to sanitize the water instead of chlorine. my neighbor didn't mention anything about the bac pacs or whatever, he says they only replace the copper things once every other year or so. they add a little bleach every week, because even with that you need SOME chlorine. you might want to contact another aquasmart dealer and play dumb to see if you get the same answers that your guy is telling you.

[sevver]

I think that running your chlorine low only makes for unsanitary water. The copper based solutions are not really a good idea, basically it is an expensive algaecide, and completely unnecessary with proper pool maintenance.

[sc-pierce]

can't disagree there.

[circlenranch]

Oh, and Grace to answer your earlier question, Shepherdsville is near Louisville.

[sevver]

That looks like the same system as the Nature2 system and you should be able to just remove the Canister and one hose, then connect the other hose where the removed one was. (makes sence to me...)

[sc-pierce]

i am admittedly a rookie here, but if it were my investment i would completely disconnect the system (or have someone more qualified do it more likely) let it cycle for a day or two, then test again and make adjustments according to the BBB methodology. since copper is the active ingredient in algaecides it's unlikely that you will have severe problems immediately, but just to be safe i would try and let it cycle a couple days with the system disconnected before i added anything else to the water.

[GraceByDesign]

my neighbor has the aquasmarte thing..he swears by it. your chlorine SHOULD be low with it, that's the whole point of having that particular system anyway. it uses copper ions to sanitize the water instead of chlorine. my neighbor didn't mention anything about the bac pacs or whatever, he says they only replace the copper things once every other year or so. they add a little bleach every week, because even with that you need SOME chlorine. you might want to contact another aquasmart dealer and play dumb to see if you get the same answers that your guy is telling you.

OOO, I did not see that copper part anywhere. That may change the whole ball game on switching to BBB. Man, nothing's ever easy, is it?

[circlenranch]

sc-pierce, the reason I want to stop using this system is because it is waaaayyy toooo expensive! For not using much chlorine, it sure sucks it outta them little bac-pacs!!!

Grace, don't tell me it will change the whole ball game!! You're right of course, nothing is ever easy!!!!

[GraceByDesign]

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Grace, don't tell me it will change the whole ball game!! You're right of course, nothing is ever easy!!!!

I simply do not know if it will change things or not The mention of metals scares me, simply due to what I have read here about staining and sequestering and stuff. But there are copper-based algeacides (not usually recommended by the smart folks here) that can be used in a chlorine pool, so someone else with more knowledge of copper products will have to chime in. Sorry I can be of no further assistance

[sc-pierce]

a metal remover would get rid of the excess ions. i think