Hi all,
Our new hot tub(175US gal) was installed a couple of days ago. The installer added all the chemicals that came with the tub. There has been an overwhelming chlorine smell ever since. They supplied test strips & I have a TF-100 kit. My tests don't come close to the strip tests. I haven't added any more chlorine granules until today. Before adding it I tested with the strips and got 0 FC.& pH 7.8. With my K-1000 FC/pH kit the FC was also 0 but the pH colour wasn't resembling anything on the scale of my K-1000 kit. I added the recommended amount of granules & tested an hour later. Strip=2FC/8.0 pH. My DPD test registered 0 FC while my K-1000 kit read off the charts high. Any insight as to what is happening here? When I test my pool water in the summer, the numbers just make sense, these do not. Thanks in advance.
Our new hot tub(175US gal) was installed a couple of days ago. The installer added all the chemicals that came with the tub. There has been an overwhelming chlorine smell ever since. They supplied test strips & I have a TF-100 kit. My tests don't come close to the strip tests. I haven't added any more chlorine granules until today. Before adding it I tested with the strips and got 0 FC.& pH 7.8. With my K-1000 FC/pH kit the FC was also 0 but the pH colour wasn't resembling anything on the scale of my K-1000 kit. I added the recommended amount of granules & tested an hour later. Strip=2FC/8.0 pH. My DPD test registered 0 FC while my K-1000 kit read off the charts high. Any insight as to what is happening here? When I test my pool water in the summer, the numbers just make sense, these do not. Thanks in advance.