Back in late July of this year, I ordered this test kit as my digital photometer only had an upper range of 8.0 ppm. I have not had good results with the Taylor kit and it's only getting worse.
Today, I did a test with my digital meter and it gave me an "Over Range error" (>8.0). I then did a test using the Taylor kit using 25mm of water at 66 degrees. I added two flat (level) dippers of the R-0870 powder and mixed until totally dissolved. I then had to add 48 drops of R-0871 Titrating agent to turn the sample to clear. That's 24 ppm! I highly doubt that is the case. As the weather has been cooling down and my chlorine level has been inching up towards 8.0, I have been dropping my chlorine generator down now at 35% (Pentair IC-60). Pump is only running 5 hours per day now as the weather gets colder.
One caveat that may be the entire problem. I ordered this test kit in late July. I didn't notice until today the "Best By" date is 6/23. No more ordering this stuff from Amazon!
Is this the issue?
Today, I did a test with my digital meter and it gave me an "Over Range error" (>8.0). I then did a test using the Taylor kit using 25mm of water at 66 degrees. I added two flat (level) dippers of the R-0870 powder and mixed until totally dissolved. I then had to add 48 drops of R-0871 Titrating agent to turn the sample to clear. That's 24 ppm! I highly doubt that is the case. As the weather has been cooling down and my chlorine level has been inching up towards 8.0, I have been dropping my chlorine generator down now at 35% (Pentair IC-60). Pump is only running 5 hours per day now as the weather gets colder.
One caveat that may be the entire problem. I ordered this test kit in late July. I didn't notice until today the "Best By" date is 6/23. No more ordering this stuff from Amazon!
Is this the issue?
