- Sep 1, 2011
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I'm a bit confused here. If you are talking about the Taylor pH test then red should be about 7.5. Orange would be too low, purple too high.
the colors going from low pH to high pH areYou see colors differently than me then Orange is 7.5 to me, pink is 8+
The chlorine level does not impact the calculation for the amount of acid required to adjust the pH. The high chlorine impacts the ability for the test to work correctly to know what your current pH level is.
...if you use the ph test to determine that the pool needs acid, and if a high CL affects the ph reading, then one can't use the ph reading one gets, to determine how much acid to add!
Am I missing something?
The pictures explain it best:Thanks jb for the response. Can I quibble a bit? You say "not needed". But if "The high chlorine impacts the ability for the ph test to work correctly to know what your current pH level is" (see above). Then the CL level reading will impact/affect the amount of acid to add. if you use the ph test to determine that the pool needs acid, and if a high CL affects the ph reading, then one can't use the ph reading one gets, to determine how much acid to add!
Am I missing something?
As I remember reading it, high TC "interferes" with the PH test. So, get the FC below 10 before you test PH.
If Taylor's own chlorine neutralizer (R-0007) does not help, why would you think that hydrogen peroxide would fix their test