tds bogus or true???????

[RavenNS]

Okay, once again... I keep my tub at a minimum of 10ppm bromine. I do not need to shock as per industry standards in Canada.
I'm am not really worried about residual bacteria, it's just something that I think about because a family in my province was hospitalized due to that exact problem ( hot tub bacteria out of control & the kids almost died! - it was an indoor tub which was not properly sanatized prior to draining & clearly not sanatized properly when they refilled it months later... nasty bacteria was found in the piping by investigators).

I follow all the recommendations of my tub from the manufactor & have had perfect water in both of my tubs, always ( wish I could say that about my pool...lol).
( waterbear, I think you missed that I was being sarcastic in my last post..lol , sorry )

I don't put extra crap in my tub ( fragrances etc.), although I would love to scent my pool with Hawaiian Lily..lol, ( love that one; can't help but open a bottle & sniff it every week when I visit the hot tub store) ( btw, I have no intention of putting fragrance in my pool, okay? )

The question of this thread was asking if high TDS should be addressed & the tub dumped. It is my opinion that the answer is Yes.
It is only my personal opinion that a TDS of over 1450 in a hot tub, makes the water really yucky & not performing ( or feeling) as it should. Industry standards & tub manufactors concur with this opinion, however, chemists may or may not.
I further stated that I would keep my tub at 800- 1000 TDS ( if it were possible), as by my observations, that is when the water performs best ( for me & mine).

so again, the question of the postee was , should he dump his tub water?...
I still feel that he should have a second test done at another store & see what the levels are... if the TDS is high, I still believe he should drain & refill, regardless if the water is "fresh".
And since the postee had water trucked in, I would consider either going with a different water company, or asking them to check the TDS prior to delivering.... ( which makes me wonder if it could be picking up residual particles from not having the truck cleaned out throughly...)

( ps- I have never seen my tub start to foam or had scum-lines... maybe because of regular maitenance or maybe because I drain the tub when it reaches 1200 TDS...)