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You can't rely on the generator to give you an accurate reading. Take a water sample to a pool store or get some of
These strips to test it.
The noise you are hearing is air in the filter. It sounds exactly like marbles rattling. You have a small air leak in the suction side of your system. Use some pool lube on the O-ring on your pump strainer basket lid and make sure it is tight.