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I think it might be me... the entire chart of all 4 readings is about an inch high on the bottle and the colors are not that easy to match up with these old eyes :shock:

Okay, so straight pool water reads 10+ and a 50/50 mix is reading the exact same color purple as 10.

Oh, okay, you caught me just in time! Just got home from work with the acid a few minutes ago. I'll go and store it for now. Latest test using 3 parts Kentwood purified water to 1 part pool water now reads 1 on the free chlorine, so that's 21? It's slowly coming down... Do you think we can...

I hope so... it's looking good now and not a speck of algae anywhere. It has cleared up as well and almost looks like it usually does. I'm going to dump some water and add some acid when I get home later. Gotta get to work, see ya!

3 parts Kentwood purified water to 1 part pool water reads 5 now for the free chlorine. EDIT: The pool is sparkling, clear and blue looking this morning! Now I have to work on the water balance. Bad cell phone pic (wife has the camera):

I'm not sure how she did it, her back was to me, but it only took a few seconds and the results came from her computer. Here are the results from my test this morning: PH 7.8 FC 10+ TA 90 (right between 80 & 100) CYA 100

It gets better every day, but sadly, the local government stinks (as usual) and things just aren't the same, nor will they they ever be for the locals. Wow, sorry to hear about that! A lot of folks were badly effected by the storm, and many will be changed for life. The 'atmosphere' here is...

7:30pm Test strip readings: PH 7.8 FC 10+ TA 100 CYA 120 3 parts Kentwwod to 1 pool water reads between the 5 & 10 range for the free chlorine. Pool is now totally clear and sparkling again, and a nice bright blue, though I know there are still problems to address.

Okay, thanks. And yes, I asked her if the computer would report the chlorine properly, since I used the 50/50 mix and got 10+ this morning (really 20+). She said no, the computer never reports more than 10.

Okay, snuck out early from work and went to the pool store - here are the results: --------------------------- Current----Ideal Saturation Index---------- 0.6---minus 3 - .3 CYA-------------------------132-----30-200 Tot Chlorine---------------10-------1-3 Free Chlorine--------------10------1-3...

Okay, I get it, neat idea! I got a brand new bottle of Kentwood spring water and poured out 2/3 of a cup into a measuring cup. Emptied the bottle and went and got an elbow deep sample and poured 2/3 into another measuring cup and then combined both into the original bottle. Here's the result...

Oops, sorry, 182oz and 6% - Clorox. It's been a long 2 days since I got back... I really don't have the money to throw away right now on multiple test kits - should I get the cheap one, or wait for payday and get the right one?

Free Chlorine measures up to 10 and dark purple is the color, the strip is darker than the #10 color. I don't know what an OTO test is. I don't have any tubes, these are AquaCheck test strips from Wally World. Just triple checked the pool again. PH is slightly darker than the highest reading...

Okay just checked again: PH 8.4 FC 10 or more TA 100 CYA 40 I guess I did something wrong earlier today...

My kit goes up to 8.4, but I said 9.0 because it was redder than the 8.4.