Test colors gone haywire?..

[Chelle]

Got the pool up and running this year shocked it from green to clear everything is great, but when I did the test with my Taylor K2006 all of the colors were way off. I know for a fact there is chlorine in the pool, I can smell it, but I can add R0870 powder and I can never get pink. My pH test is so low I'm guessing around 5, very light yellow. And for TA, when I add the first drop of our R0007 it immediately turns bright red, not green! Is it just time for a new test kit? This is last years, but was kept in a cool dry place. Or am I just doing something wrong? Or is this something in the water that causes all of the colors to go haywire?

 

[Texas Splash]

Sounds like the high chlorine level is skewing your color changing. That's common with our kits when we are SLAMming with exceptionally high chlorine amounts. There are a couple tricks to getting some of the colors to work for you when the chlorine is high. I don't use the K2006, but I suspect some of the TFP'ers will chime-in with that advice.

 

[Chelle]

Hey Texas, let me clarify. I opened the pool May 1 and have had chlorine leveled off since about May 15. I was testing with a basic kit because my Taylor kit gave weird results from the get go. I was going to order a new one after I was sure the chlorine levels were "normal", but thought I would check with TFP first. ����

 

[Texas Splash]

Oh, I see. Yeah, best to get a fresh kit, or at the very least replace some of the agents as needed. If you have any questions about how or where to order, just let us know. I know they have the refills and/or new kits at my link below (TF-100).