Any tips on reading PH
Hard to distinguish colors with tf100 kit
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Hard to distinguish colors with tf100 kit
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- Thread starter careingemt
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Yeah, the pH test can be challenging for some of us. Sometimes 'reading' the colors helps:
yellow 6.8 and lower,
yellow orange 7.0 ,
orange 7.2, orange red 7.4-7.5,
red 7.6-7.8,
red violet 8.0 ,
violet 8.2 and higher
If the color is orange red to red with no pink or violet you are golden.
How do you test? Hold comparator block in front of white background? ....against blue sky? etc.
yellow 6.8 and lower,
yellow orange 7.0 ,
orange 7.2, orange red 7.4-7.5,
red 7.6-7.8,
red violet 8.0 ,
violet 8.2 and higher
If the color is orange red to red with no pink or violet you are golden.
How do you test? Hold comparator block in front of white background? ....against blue sky? etc.
In garage with florescent lights and two 40 watt bulbs dark outside .....
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:lol: Scroll down to post #5 for more info:
http://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/24188-Extended-Test-Kit-Directions
http://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/24188-Extended-Test-Kit-Directions
Awsome info ..... BUT when testing pH am I not suppose to use phentol red
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Sometimes its hard to get some free time so I test after son goes to bed
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Will have to see which one I have at home at work now will post when I get home
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I usually do all my testing indoors usually in the evening or at night. I have always had a difficult time with the PH readings, no matter where I do it. Since I log my daily tests on my computer, I have found that opening a Blank Word processing screen and holding the test cells close to the screen at arms length gives me the best results. The other option is possibly hold it with the Speed Stir LED's on behind it. I would love a good, accurate, affordable, Ph test that didn't require me to have to compare colors.
Yup, that comes with the TF-100. The R0004 is for the larger water sample that the K2006 and others use.
Fyi, I just found some R0015 in one of my old kits (very old, but seems to still work) and added it to the pH test. It is for the acid demand test which is nice to play with and get a feel for the color changes.
Fyi, I just found some R0015 in one of my old kits (very old, but seems to still work) and added it to the pH test. It is for the acid demand test which is nice to play with and get a feel for the color changes.
Someone on here told me to shoot for "peach" as the color. That describes it well. Yellowish is too low, reddish/pink too high. Peach, just right!
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