I am so glad this forum is here.... it's given me the confidence to start to try and get my head around my pool. The idea that my store and the builder gave me that its as easy as:
1. Dipping a strip in the water and looking for colour matches is an idea long gone!!! Those strips are illusions of the truth....
2. Sticking a puck in the skimmer once a week. The impact on other factors of stabilised Chlorine is becoming apparent....
So now I need to know what to do.. I bought a second hand Photometer for a good price although am happy to resell if its the wrong path - Palintest 6 is what I bought.
I also have an ICO Ondlio floating test thing - which seems good but didn't give me everything I needed to know and it may turn out was hiding some truths.
So can you help me get my head around this all and help me think through what I do...?
1. ICO tells me I have a ORP of 650mV, which is in the ideal range. It also tells me I have a PH of 7.6 just now as I added some PH+, it was 7.4 all week before that.
2. Palin test tells a very different story - FC over 5ppm (I need the other tablets!!!), PH 7.1 (how is that so different? depth of sample - the ondilo floats and the sample I took was a 1.5ft), CYA at 90....... eek I am guessing the CYA is so high because of reliance on pucks as opposed to liquid?
Can you help me and understand what I need to do as with a hosepipe ban refilling my pool is a little challenging.... I am going to retest in the morning I think.
1. Dipping a strip in the water and looking for colour matches is an idea long gone!!! Those strips are illusions of the truth....
2. Sticking a puck in the skimmer once a week. The impact on other factors of stabilised Chlorine is becoming apparent....
So now I need to know what to do.. I bought a second hand Photometer for a good price although am happy to resell if its the wrong path - Palintest 6 is what I bought.
I also have an ICO Ondlio floating test thing - which seems good but didn't give me everything I needed to know and it may turn out was hiding some truths.
So can you help me get my head around this all and help me think through what I do...?
1. ICO tells me I have a ORP of 650mV, which is in the ideal range. It also tells me I have a PH of 7.6 just now as I added some PH+, it was 7.4 all week before that.
2. Palin test tells a very different story - FC over 5ppm (I need the other tablets!!!), PH 7.1 (how is that so different? depth of sample - the ondilo floats and the sample I took was a 1.5ft), CYA at 90....... eek I am guessing the CYA is so high because of reliance on pucks as opposed to liquid?
Can you help me and understand what I need to do as with a hosepipe ban refilling my pool is a little challenging.... I am going to retest in the morning I think.