no calcium showed in tft test

[treefarmer]

Last time I tested water was 09/02 and CH was 250 today the water temp hit 60 so I wanted to get FC up to at least 5 to combat algae. Tested CH at to my surprise it was 0..
FC 0 Added 3 gal to get it to 5
PH 8.2 will add 2 qts acid to get that to 7.5
TA 170 I've always had trouble with TA in this pool
CH 0!!
Borate 15
Temp 60
Could the Could the r-0010 or the r-11l gone bad over winter? I keep the kit in the house. No extreme temps.
Thanks for any help.
Tod

 

[JamesW]

If the pool has not been circulating, then you might have a layer of low, to no, calcium water near the top from rainwater. Can you describe what happened during the test?

 

[treefarmer]

East texas we have mild winters. I've been running the pump 2-3 hours a gay all winter. I filled the test vial to 25ml added 20 drops of R-0010 then 5 drops of R-001L while the vial was sitting on a speedstir. and the water just stayed clear never turning red.

 

[duraleigh]

treefarmer,

That sounds like the R-0011L may be bad.

Send me a PM so I can ask you a couple of quick questions and we'll get it fixed.

 

[supertune]

I would say your R-0011L is bad. :idea:
Mine went bad and got the same results, I knew there was calcium in the fill water at my sons and couldn't get any red either, just replaced it 2 weeks ago and got perfect reading of 260, which is about right as my fill water 8 miles away is 250.
Mine was about 10 months old, but I did leave it outside way too many times last summer, my fault for testing too much and staying out swimming in our wonderful sparkling pool late at night!
Chuck

 

[supertune]

Oh! The kids distracted me a few minutes, Looks like Dave beat me to it!