Best copper test? Do I need one?

[MillerCourtResort]

I just ordered my first TF Pro test kit and noticed it does not have a test for copper. For three years, I've been informed through pool store computer testing that my copper count is high. I regularly add a metal out product to lower it. It climbs again. A friend of mine has the same issue, and we figured the copper may be coming from our heaters. Now that I've given up pool store testing, is there a reliable copper test I can do myself to be on the safe side?

 

[mknauss]

Your pool should not have copper in it unless you are adding it. Are you?
The home metal tests are quite expensive.

 

[MillerCourtResort]

I'm concerned that my heater is introducing copper to the pool. My pool (and heater, of course) are only three years old. My friend has similar issues and has her water tested at a different pool store.

 

[mknauss]

Your pool heater will not introduce copper unless you keep your pH below 7 or you have a trichlor thing right after the heater and the pump turns off.

 

[JJ_Tex]

Have you added any algaecides, blue products, or anything with "minerals"? These are the most common ways people introduce copper to their pool, and typically the pool owners don't even know those products contain copper (and the pool store for sure isn't going to tell them).

 

[duraleigh]

what folks above have said is that you shouldn't really need a copper test. Copper VERY rarely comes from nature and if your pH has been in the 7's and you have not introduced copper chemistry then you probably don't have it..........making the pool store test false........pretty common.

You have the best kit there is for a homeowner. Always trust your own testing and, sadly. distrust the pool store.