tds

  1. M

    Blue cloudy water after opening and 3 consecutive days of <1.0 FC overnight loss

    25K gallon, in-ground, vinyl pool Opened last Saturday 6/10 Shallow side I can see the bottom, but it is very obscured Deep side I can't even begin to make out the drain Water is otherwise clear/blue Tests: Taylor K-2006 (T) at 7:30am today Pool store test (PS) at 10:30am today FC: T: 12.5...
  2. R

    High Salt but similar TDS Question

    Newbie here. For a while my relatively new Pentair IC40 has been flashing that the salt level is too high. I have done multiple tests: - IC40 diagnostics says 4800ppm - Saline Aquacheck says about 4300ppm - New salt meter says 4500ppm (it also says TDS is about the same, which seems strange) I...
  3. T

    TDS Levels for my situation?

    Hi, I've recently switched from the all too common trichlor pucks to liquid chlorine coupled with liquid acid to keep my Cl & pH in line. I've been happy with the results thus far, whoever predictably, my TDS which has historically been very low has now been steadily climbing. Pool stores...
  4. J

    TDS lower than Salinity?

    I’ve tested my salt water pool using a Taylor TDS drop test, TDS Electronic Meter and a Taylor Salt Drop Test. The TDS tested at 2850 ppm and 2900 ppm on separate tests with the Taylor drop test while my electronic TDS meter reads 2890ppm. The issue is that my salt test tested at 3200 and 3400...
  5. P

    Thoroughly Confused...

    I have been maintaining my AZ pool with liquid chlorine for the last 5 years and had clear water for the most part. However, I have been constantly fighting a high pH and am now seeing quite a bit of scale buildup so had my water tested at the local store to see what TDS levels were to evaluate...