- Aug 29, 2012
- 58
- Pool Size
- 22000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-45 Plus
I've been a Lifetime Supporter here and started keep up my pool using the methods recommended here 8 years ago. I started with the K-2006C and bought replacement reagents through TFTeskkits since.
My test kit was pretty beat up and the vials needed replaced etc. so I bought a new TF-100 kit for this year. A few things strike me as odd, and I hope you can shed some light - I feel like I'm missing some things (or forgot over the years).
My test kit was pretty beat up and the vials needed replaced etc. so I bought a new TF-100 kit for this year. A few things strike me as odd, and I hope you can shed some light - I feel like I'm missing some things (or forgot over the years).
- Why would the kit include the K-1000 and suggest using it as a daily test for Total Chlorine (TC)? The kit only reads up to 5ppm, which in the ideal range for CYA leaves this kit right at the edge. It doesn't seem like an ideal way to read FC with the TFP methods. (I've only ever done the drop test, but feel like I've now paid for a test to be included in this kit that isn't terribly useful?)
- The instructions for the total alkalinity test say that good readings for a manually chlorinated pool should be 100-120. The Pool Math app says 50-90, recommended levels at TFP pool school say 60-80 (for plaster chlorine pool). The app and TFP are basically the same but the instructions from TFTest seem very different. Who is right?