Can i test my pool for TDS with the Taylor K2006 Pool Water FAS-DPD Chlorine Test Kit?
Tds testing
- Thread starter whitemok
- Start date
- May 23, 2015
- 24,405
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
No. TDS is unnecessary and meaningless. If you need to know a specific chemical level, there are drop tests for every common component of pool water. TDS tells you nothing specific.
Matt,
I pretty sure it tells the pool store to try and sell the customer some more "magic"...
Jim R.
- May 23, 2015
- 24,405
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Well, if you just have to know what TDS is, this is how you calculate it -
TDS (in mg/L) = (0.6 x adjusted TA) + [CYA] + [Na+] + [Ca2+] + [Mg2+] + [SO4 -]+ [Cl -]+ [NO3 -] + [NO2 -] + [NH4+]
You can ignore the ammonium and nitrite because those would not be found in a properly chlorinated pool. If no dry acid is used, then ignore the sulfates. Magnesium can be calculated by running the CH hardness test twice - once with R-0010 and once without then subtract the two. One can use the K-1766 to determine salt level which would be [Na+] + [Cl-].
TDS (in mg/L) = (0.6 x adjusted TA) + [CYA] + [Na+] + [Ca2+] + [Mg2+] + [SO4 -]+ [Cl -]+ [NO3 -] + [NO2 -] + [NH4+]
You can ignore the ammonium and nitrite because those would not be found in a properly chlorinated pool. If no dry acid is used, then ignore the sulfates. Magnesium can be calculated by running the CH hardness test twice - once with R-0010 and once without then subtract the two. One can use the K-1766 to determine salt level which would be [Na+] + [Cl-].
cfherrman
TFP Guide
Yeah, take a $100 bill and rip it up in small peices, throw in pool, count pieces that sink. That is your TDS
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