I check my pool regularly with test strips, and occasionally take a water sample for testing to my local pool store.
While the pool is balanced as verified by both test strips and water sample, the various brands of test strips I have used never show a reliable acid level - that is, the sample color never matches any of the colors depicted for different acid levels. Further, my pool store does not measure acid level.
So I never know what my acid level actually is.
When pH does get high, I can successfully bring it down by adding acid, so this is not a big problem.
But I'm curious why I'm not able to get a reliable acid level reading.
While the pool is balanced as verified by both test strips and water sample, the various brands of test strips I have used never show a reliable acid level - that is, the sample color never matches any of the colors depicted for different acid levels. Further, my pool store does not measure acid level.
So I never know what my acid level actually is.
When pH does get high, I can successfully bring it down by adding acid, so this is not a big problem.
But I'm curious why I'm not able to get a reliable acid level reading.