Being colorblind, the calcium test kit that comes with the TFT-100 is impossible to use. I noticed that Taylor has the K-1567 kit that goes from red to blue which is easy to use. The only potential caveat is that it's measuring calcium hardness as CaCO3. Is it a simple matter of converting the results from the K-1567 to pure calcium by multiplying by 0.4? Or is the TFT kit also measuring calcium hardness?
Taylor K-1567 Calcium Hardness Test Question
- Thread starter sbcpool
- Start date
- May 3, 2014
- 58,303
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
- May 3, 2014
- 58,303
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Pink, red. Same thing. With our high CH, it goes purple for a long time before blue.
- May 3, 2014
- 58,303
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Add more indicator. R0011L. Try 5 drops. See if the intensity helps. It will not change the test results.
Saturn94
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- Mar 11, 2015
- 1,746
- Pool Size
- 20000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
Did you have any luck with it? This is also the most difficult test for me.
Fortunately, with a vinyl liner and low CH fill water, I really don’t have to use that test. However, at spring opening this year I needed to use cal-hypo (chlorine scarce) and needed to to know how much I could add without raising CH too much.
I am waiting for that answer, too. I don't know this but I think you can still perceive a color CHANGE regardless of the hue.
Red-green color blindness
The most common type of color blindness makes it hard to tell the difference between red and green.
There are 4 types of red-green color blindness:
This less-common type of color blindness makes it hard to tell the difference between blue and green, and between yellow and red.
There are 2 types of blue-yellow color blindness:
Red-green color blindness
The most common type of color blindness makes it hard to tell the difference between red and green.
There are 4 types of red-green color blindness:
- Deuteranomaly is the most common type of red-green color blindness. It makes green look more red. This type is mild and doesn’t usually get in the way of normal activities.
- Protanomaly makes red look more green and less bright. This type is mild and usually doesn’t get in the way of normal activities.
- Protanopia and deuteranopia both make you unable to tell the difference between red and green at all.
This less-common type of color blindness makes it hard to tell the difference between blue and green, and between yellow and red.
There are 2 types of blue-yellow color blindness:
- Tritanomaly makes it hard to tell the difference between blue and green, and between yellow and red.
- Tritanopia makes you unable to tell the difference between blue and green, purple and red, and yellow and pink. It also makes colors look less bright.
Saturn94
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- Mar 11, 2015
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- Pool Size
- 20000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
On this test I struggle seeing the transition from purple to blue. Even watching the test performed on YouTube I don’t see the transition.
Years ago Ben from PF helped me come up with a way that helps some. It involves making the color more saturated and using a second sample tube for comparison.
I‘m just glad I rarely need to do this test.
Years ago Ben from PF helped me come up with a way that helps some. It involves making the color more saturated and using a second sample tube for comparison.
I‘m just glad I rarely need to do this test.