When you say put the size in gallons in my profile I presume you mean US gallons, not Imperial?
Newbie, based in Italy, with green algae problem
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Nope, our house is actually 3 apartments, 1 on the ground floor my mother lived in until quite recently and we intend to also rent out in time, another on the ground floor which we rent out to tourists, and our own apartment, which covers the whole of the first floor.jblizzle said:
I have just priced the Palintest SP315C here in Italy - €145 plus carriage, plus IVA at 23%. I think I will order the K-2006 from the States.chem geek said:
Yikes! That's expensive, especially since it doesn't even have the FAS-DPD chlorine test that is what normally makes the test kits more expensive.OliveGrove said:
OK, so after running the pumps none stop over the entire Easter weekend and also brushing continuously, and backwashing twice a day we now have sparkling water, a tiny bit of algae left in the deep end to brush out, and the last couple of times I backwashed the water was pretty clear. I have no way yet of testing high levels of chlorine, but have now obtained 75 litres of 14% ipocloriti di sodio, and put 25 litres straight into the pool. According to the pool calculator this will raise the chlorine level to around 13ppm. The pumps will be running continuously all weekend, and I will monitor as best I can.
I am waiting for Taylor's Spanish distributor to contact me about the K-2006, but in the meantime have been offered the following from Palintest's Milan distributor:
product ref SP 300 price 62,20 euro
product ref SP 400 price 64,50 euro, with €22!!! shipping to be added.
Has anybody any experience of these two test kits?
Will try to get my signature updated over the weekend, together with pics of my pumping/filtration set up.
I am waiting for Taylor's Spanish distributor to contact me about the K-2006, but in the meantime have been offered the following from Palintest's Milan distributor:
product ref SP 300 price 62,20 euro
product ref SP 400 price 64,50 euro, with €22!!! shipping to be added.
Has anybody any experience of these two test kits?
Will try to get my signature updated over the weekend, together with pics of my pumping/filtration set up.
The Palintest SP 300 is the FAS-DPD test kit. The SP 400 adds a monopersulfate interference remover that you don't need. So the SP 315C plus the SP 300 gives you the equivalent of the Taylor K-2006 kit (with an extra DPD chlorine test in the SP 315C). So unless the Taylor kit is extraordinarily expensive, the Palintest combo looks to be quite a lot more expensive.
That is what I thought. I will wait a few days to see if I hear from Spain. Thank you.
OK, so this stupid DPD test kit I have just now only measures chlorine up to 3ppm. If I put 4 parts tap water, one part pool water in it, and multiply the result by 5, should that give me a reasonable estimate of the amount of chlorine? As my CYA is around 120 I need a maintenance level of chlorine of 12, so a reading of 2.5 should be about right? I hope I have my thinking correct here.
Your logic is sound however I think the accuracy suffers the more you dillute as it is hard to keep the ratio correct.
Also do you have FC in your tap water like many places in the US? Distilled water may be better.
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Also do you have FC in your tap water like many places in the US? Distilled water may be better.
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Our tap water is from our artesian well so I doubt it will have chlorine in it, but I will test it to make sure. I am using a medicine syringe we had for one of our dogs medication to measure the water quantities, so I think I am getting the ratio reasonably accurate.
If the water from the artesian well has organics or other substances that react with chlorine, then that could interfere. It's probably OK, but just wanted to let you know.
I have some distilled water so tomorrow I will do the test with both and see if there is any difference.
So, I have finally heard from them. €79.90 plus €20 shipping. That is twice the price of the unit from amazon usa, but I can't get it shipped here from amazon usa.OliveGrove said:
So, do I go with that or order one of the cheaper Palintest kits from Milan?
According to this link http://www.poolcenter.com/taylor_test_kits.htm the Taylor K-2006 only tests chlorine to 5 ppm. How is this going to help me if I need to measure over 30 ppm. Or am I missing something here. I thought I was getting to grips with things.
I think that is a typo. You just want to be sure you get the FAS-DPD test which is included in the K-2006
Actually, if you look at the K-1515-A on the same page. That is just the FAS-DPD test and it states up to FC 20ppm (although it will test higher than that).
Might be worth getting the K-2006C since I think it just includes more reagents (maybe save you on the shipping?). If you store it in a cool dark place (inside closet), it should last 1-2 years.
Actually, if you look at the K-1515-A on the same page. That is just the FAS-DPD test and it states up to FC 20ppm (although it will test higher than that).
Might be worth getting the K-2006C since I think it just includes more reagents (maybe save you on the shipping?). If you store it in a cool dark place (inside closet), it should last 1-2 years.
I wish I could get any of them. It seems no-one will ship to Italy. Looks like I may have to ask one of my sons work colleagues to have it shipped to them, and then forwarded here, which is going to take some time. Our local shops aren't even getting the test strips in until the end of the month. I am therefore keeping the chlorine levels a little on the high side, just to be safe. Not as high as shock level, but enough to allow for inaccuracies in the way I am having to test at the moment.
Sorry it is so hard to get a good test kit over there. Again, since it seems like if you are going to have to put some effort in to this, might be worth trying for the larger reagent sizes so it lasts longer.
Well I think I have found a UK supplier who will ship to Italy for me. PST Pool Supplies - have you heard of them? Are the reagents special to the kit, or are they chemicals I may be able to buy separately elsewhere?
Once again, thanks for all the help you are all giving me.
The above should read US supplier
Once again, thanks for all the help you are all giving me.
The above should read US supplier