Adjusting the solution temperature

If the solution is not the correct temperature, review the instructions here. Or if there is a problem go to temperature problems.

If salt has been added, and not completely dissolved or fully stirred, the solution may stratify(layer) and never heat up. What happens is the heavy solution stays on the bottom, gets hot, and the rest stays cold and never heats up. To solve it, mix it frequently. Be sure the salt is away from the heater and away from the suction pipe and then turn on the filtration system at least twice a day. It is fine to just leave it on, though you should run it for a while before leaving it on, not attended. If the filtration system has not been run for a while, turning it on will cool the solution down a little. Also, running it a long time will heat up the solution.

To adjust the temperature:

• Get the solution to 93.5°F (34.2°C)
• Float and note weather you are too hot or cold
• Increase the set temperature if too cold
• Or decrease if too hot
• Wait 1/2 day or til the temperature has adjusted
• Repeat floating and adjusting til comfortable
• Note, when well mixed, solution temperature raises .6 degree F (.33C) per hour.
  

Filtration

Private tank - filter 15 - 30 minutes per week if 1 - 2 people are floating each day.

Public tank - filter 15 minutes per float.

To filter, plug in the pump.

If you have the optional remote control and timing, turn the pump on and off with a switch from the controller.

If you have the professional timing system, turn the pump on using this remote controller. Switch 10.

Sterilization

Each time you filter, you should sterilize.

If you use 35% hydrogen peroxide, add about 1/2 teaspoon (1/12 oz or 1.5ml) per floater.

If using the ozonator, plug it in when you turn on the filtration system.

If using hydrogen peroxide, use great caution. The 35% is 10 times as strong as the kind in the drug store.

Plugging in the ozonator.

Density

If the correct density is not maintained, the salt can crystalize in the pump. This prevents it from fuctioning until the salt is cleared out. If this happens check the frozen pump section to find out how to handle the situation.

Private tank - every 2 months check the solution depth.

Public tank - every month check the solution depth.

If the solution is around 9.5" (24cm) or less, add water until it is up to 10" (25.4cm).

If the solution is not dense enough, as determined by the eyes being too close to the solution when floating, use the hydrometer to test the density.

Float the hydrometer in the solution.

The solution can be adjusted to lower than 1.275 specific gravity if your room temperature never falls below 22°C (72°F). In this case, the hydrometer should not float any higher than the pointed to mark.

This 1.300 density is always too high.

This 1.275 is just right, unless the temperature in your room goes below 22°C (72°F).

Specific gravity of 1.250 or lower is fine if your room never gets below 10°C (50°F).

Keep the specific gravity below 1.225 if your room temperature goes below 10°C (50°F).

So generally this is the range to keep it in, unless your room is really cold.

On the rare times that you need to add salt, add 32lb (14kg) for each 1/100 of a specific gravity you want to raise it. For example, if the solution needs to go from 1.205 up to 1.225, add 2 x 32lb or 64lb or in metric 2 x 14kg or 28kg.

Adjusting the PH

On a monthly basis, test the Ph and adjust it if need be.

Use a marine aquarium ph test kit to test the ph. It should be in the 7.0 to 7.6 range. If it is not, adjust it as follows.

If it is above the ideal range, put on the gloves and add some acid such as sodium bisulfate. If it is below the ideal range, add some base such as soda ash, or sodium carbonate.

Start with a tablespoon full.

Add it to a cup.

Dissolve it in water and put it in the solution. Filter for a couple minutes to mix it up and then retest and add more if necessaary.

Cleaning the filter

In a public tank that is being used most sessions (day and evenings and weekends), clean the filter once a month.

In a private tank with 10 floats/week, clean it once a year. For higher usage, clean more frequently.

Release the air before opening the filter top. IMPORTANT, remember to close it before turming the pump back on.

Release the air before opening this filter top also. IMPORTANT, remember to close it before turming the pump back on.

Remove top by unscrewing the large ring around the top and then lifting top.

Remove top by unscrewing the large knob and then lifting the top off.

Use garden hose or shower to clean the dirt from the pleats.

Return filter element and top. Screw the ring nut tight and close the air release valve.

Open strainer basket cover.

Remove old hair catcher from the strainer basket.

Insert a new one.

Add 6 cups of diatomite....

to the strainer basket.

Ozonator Maintenance

Annual maintenance.

Unplug the unit then loosen the screws on the top.

Remove screws on the back and remove the back of the unit. Clean and dry the inside of the unit.

Slide cap off and....

remove wire terminal. (whicheveer is easier, do first.)

Both cap and terminal are removed.

Unscrew corona discharge cell.

CAREFULLY remove glass corona discharge cell.

Cell removed. Caution: Do not touch acidic liquid if present.

Put alcohol on rag (or use soap and water).

Clean cell.

Clean tube.

May use alcohol on brush.

Slide terminal back on.

Slide cap on and screw unit together.

Frozen pump

If your pump won't start, remove the salt crystals from it in the following way.

 

Remove the end of the hose that goes to the pump from the back of the tank. Attach it to a garden hose with the drainage fitting.

Trickle hot water through it for 15 minutes. Momentarily turn on the pump. If it works, reconnect the hose to the back of the tank. Read the section on water density. If it doesn't work, trickle for another 15 minutes. If it still doesn't work, call Samadhi.

Condensation

If the inside of the top of your Samadhi tank has condensation on it, the top heater is not working or your top is not seated properly. First, check to see if the heater cord coming out of the top at the back is plugged in. Depending upon your room temperature, it takes from 1/2 day to 2 days of having the top heater plugged in before the condensation disappears.

The system is designed to keep the condensation off, not to remove it quickly. If you have the floater comfort control, it controls the top heater, so first check if it is on. The light on the unit indicates whether the heater is on or not. If the light has not been on, turn the controller on and wait a day or two.

If the light has been on, check that the controller is plugged into the power and that the air tubes are connected and the ends aren't split (if the ends are split, just cut off .5"(1cm) and try again). If none of that works then take the floater comfort control out of the system. Plug the heater directly into the power. Wait a day or two to see if the heater works. If none of this works, check with Samadhi.

Temperature problems

Right after dissolving salt

When the solution is not up to temperature, or the salt is not all dissolved, the solution may stratify and never heat up. So the heavy solution stays on the bottom, gets hot, and the rest stays cold and never heats up.

To solve this stratification problem, mix the solution frequently. Be sure the salt is away from the heater and away from the suction pipe and then turn on the filtration system at least twice a day.

Temperature problems

Too hot

Note that when the pump is run a long time, it heats the solution. If the room temperature is close to 93°, and you have the top heater on or the floater comfort control on, turn them off until the room temperature is at 85°.

If this wasn't the problem, check to see if the sensor is in the snug. If it is not in far enough to touch the liner, then it may be reading room temperature. Put the sensor in until it touches the liner.

If the tank is too hot when you float, move the set temperature down and wait a day or two. Do this two or three times. If you are still having problems, call Samadhi.

Temperature problems

Too cold

Check to see if the temperature control is plugged in and that the heater is plugged into the control. Try moving the set temperature up a degree or two and waiting a day (filter a couple times in that period). If that doesn't work checkout right after dissolving salt.

Temperature problems

Temperature fluctuates

This happens if the door is opened. It also happens when the filtration system is run. First filtering cools it off when room temperature solution is mixed with the tank solution. Then warms it as it runs longer, due to the hot motor transferring heat to the solution as the solution flows through the pump.

 

If this hasn't helped, there is a last action you may take before calliing us. That is to check the two sets of parameters in the controller.

If this information hasn't helped, make sure the sensor is in far enough that it is touching the liner. If that doesn't help, check with Samadhi.