Many a spa problem or spa trouble can be linked to improper spa maintenance. Always follow the spa owners manual when It comes to spa maintenance. You may be surprised that once you have your spa that it takes a lot more time in spa maintenance than you were expecting. If the chemical balance is far off it may take some time to bring the chemical  balance back into balance. The addition of a chlorine generator to the spa install has been found to drastically reduce the spa maintenance. A chlorine generator requires adding salt to the water hence making salt water. The salt water lasts a very long time before more needs to be added and typically the only thing you need to watch out for in spa maintenance is the pH level.

A spa install typically uses  220 volts to support the heater and motor. If a 120VAC outlet isn’t provided and you need one then have a licensed electrician perform the installation. The outlet must be protected by a GFI and if done improperly the GFI may not work properly and/or if there is a large GFI  used in the spa install that may also not work properly.

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Almost every inground swimming pool that has an inground spa share the same water. This means that they can also share the same equipment. But there is a drawback, the inground spa also uses the same water as the swimming pool. You can’t keep the water in the inground spa hot all the time and you usually switch the swimming pool over to spa mode when you want to use the spa. To add a chlorine generator to an inground spa sharing the water with a swimming pool requires a chlorine generator sized to the total volume which on average is 17,000 gallons. A portable spa is usually made out of fiberglass and is not necessarily that portable. There are a few makers of chlorine generators designed specifically for a portable spa.  The size of the chlorine generator for a portable spa will be much smaller than for a swimming pool and the power requirements will also be much less.