We are waiting for a pool build for next week. We are going from an above ground pool to another one but in a different location in the yard and we'll start using a SWG for the first time. We'll be pumping the old water into the new pool which I've got balanced now other than needing to raise the CYA when I start running the SWG.
I've been using the K-2006 with no complaints really. In looking at my reagents I'm running low on the 870 and 871. I have the huge bottle of the 013 which is 3/4 full. Most of my other regents are at least 3/4 full and nearing their expiration dates. I test chlorine and ph almost daily when I used bleach. I never bothered with the acid / base demand, I test alkalinity every now and then but only if my PH gets out of whack and calcium once a year at the beginning.
So my question to you is, in addition to getting a salt test does it make sense to get a new test kit because everything is about to expire or just restock some of the regents individually? Does having a SWG cause people to do more tests (other than salt obviously) than they would when using bleach? For example will I be testing alkalinity more often?
Even though it looks like I need a refill on almost everything, getting a full kit would give me too much too soon. Why buy a calcium reagent if I won't use it for another year?
I've been using the K-2006 with no complaints really. In looking at my reagents I'm running low on the 870 and 871. I have the huge bottle of the 013 which is 3/4 full. Most of my other regents are at least 3/4 full and nearing their expiration dates. I test chlorine and ph almost daily when I used bleach. I never bothered with the acid / base demand, I test alkalinity every now and then but only if my PH gets out of whack and calcium once a year at the beginning.
So my question to you is, in addition to getting a salt test does it make sense to get a new test kit because everything is about to expire or just restock some of the regents individually? Does having a SWG cause people to do more tests (other than salt obviously) than they would when using bleach? For example will I be testing alkalinity more often?
Even though it looks like I need a refill on almost everything, getting a full kit would give me too much too soon. Why buy a calcium reagent if I won't use it for another year?
