Combined Chlorine Issues

Ok. Smart move. Post with your numbers when you get your kit. In the meantime, keep at it. Bleach, bleach, and more bleach.

Received my Taylor K2006 Test Kit yesterday. My Lamotte Color Q was giving me false readings.

Chlorine Numbers with Taylor kit:
FC: 18
CC: 0

Chlorine Numbers with Lamotte Test Kit
FC: 15.5
CC: 3.0

I'm going to let the chlorine get back down to below 10 and then repost all my numbers with both kits for a comparison.

OK. We'll take a look when you get current numbers. How ya like that kit? ;)

Here's my numbers with the new Taylor kit

FC: 6.0
CC: 0
PH: 7.0
Alk- 90
Ca- 500
CYA - 30

Numbers from my Lamotte Color Q

FC: 6.5
CC: 1.8
PH: 7.1
ALK: 86
Ca: 260
CYA: 26

I currently aerating the pool to get my pH up to 7.4.
I'm also going to buy some more CYA and add to get my CYA up to 60 because I do have a Salt Water Chlorine Generator.

I know the Lamotte tester is giving me a false CC reading. My guess is the Calcium Hardness reading is also false. Let me know what you think.

Thanks for all your help!!!

I believe that the Ca reading is also false--if you'll search through the forum, there was a discussion a couple of years ago with another poster on the subject, and involved calls to customer support through the Lamotte supplier, and for some reason that Ca number was false, too. Do some searching and I will too, to see if I can come up with the link.

Otherwise your numbers look pretty good, if you can get that pH up a little!

Janet

Edit: here it is... http://www.poolforum.com/pf2/showthr...hlight=Lamotte

Jan, you have a good memory!

I read the article on the Lamotte. A lot of the same issues I was facing with mine.

Thanks Everybody. Pool is in great shape now. I should be able to keep it that way now with an accurate test kit.

Great!! Now enjoy that pool!!

Happy swimming.....

Janet