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    Default Re: Breakpoint chlorination dosage for indoor pool, please1

    Quote Originally Posted by James Ma View Post
    On August 7, the testing data became:[indent]Temperature: 72 (not heated yet)
    Tot. Chlorine: 10
    Free Chlorine: 0
    pH: 7.9
    Tot. Alkalinity: 173
    Tot. Hardness: 181
    Quote Originally Posted by James Ma View Post
    I bought a HTH 6 way test kit as you recommended. Testing results are as follows:
    Tot. Chlorine: 10
    Free Chlorine: 0 (from Aquarius)
    pH: 7.8
    Tot. Alkalinity: 173
    Tot. Hardness: 181
    Uh. Wow! You got IDENTICAL results, down to the nearest ppm, 3 days apart? Is this pool in a giant freezer, and you're chipping off samples?

    James, the HTH 6-way drops kit does not read to the nearest ppm. What's going on?

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    Default Re: Breakpoint chlorination dosage for indoor pool, please1

    Quote Originally Posted by PoolDoc View Post
    Uh. Wow! You got IDENTICAL results, down to the nearest ppm, 3 days apart? Is this pool in a giant freezer, and you're chipping off samples?

    James, the HTH 6-way drops kit does not read to the nearest ppm. What's going on?
    The HTH kit also does not read FC, only total chlorine.
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