First Test With New Taylor Kit......Terrible

[taylormade]

Hello all,

I have been using strips and the pool shop to check my chemistry for 11 years. Splurged on a test kit and timing could not be better/worse. I have a 24,000 gallon SWG, vinyl pool, using my new test kit I was shocked at my results. Just a couple days ago my test strip showed plenty of Chlorine. Today I tested with my Taylor Kit and got readings of...

FC=1
pH=7.6
TA=120
CH=100
CYA=20, just guessing as I could just barely see the dot when the tube was full.

I then noticed my SWG flashing red on the check cell so I checked the cell, all was good so I reset it. It shows generating chlorine so I adjusted to full and put a chlorine puck in the skimmer to speed things up. After I get my chlorine up I will add stabilizer and hopefully be back on track unless someone suggests I do something else. Water still looks great, Thoughts?

I should note that my strips agree with the test kit so the reagents are still, hopefully good.

 

[JimMarshall]

You should perform an Overnight Chlorine Loss Test to ensure that the low chlorine levels haven’t allowed anything to start growing

 

[taylormade]

You should perform an Overnight Chlorine Loss Test to ensure that the low chlorine levels haven’t allowed anything to start growing

If the FC is 1ppm with the test kit and (nothing on the strip) I cannot see if it drops more than 1ppm overnight, correct? Looks like the generator is doing it's thing again, when I have built up the FC I can do the OCLT agreed?, I have added some Stabilizer also.

 

[mknauss]

Add liquid chlorine to raise FC to 6 ppm. Do OCLT