Clear, but no chlorine???

[BigDave]

... he said when you are actually in the water it does smell like a hotel pool.

When swimmers are in a high chlorine pool, the chlorine will get to work on skin oils, lotions, swim suits, etc. and will produce that too-familiar smell directly on the swimmer.

[mary jo]

OK- one thing I have learned is to order extra testing supplies, so while I am going through my DPD at a rapid pace, I have already ordered another one (i love amazon prime) so 2 scoops is fine.

on a related note: i wanted to ask about the plastic testing vial (Taylor gives it a strange name…I was reviewing their testing vid's last night). Just noticed a film inside the vial (i typically rinse,shake, air dry). I used dish soap today to clean it. Is this OK? (no info on vial cleaning anywhere)...

[CarlD]

OK- one thing I have learned is to order extra testing supplies, so while I am going through my DPD at a rapid pace, I have already ordered another one (i love amazon prime) so 2 scoops is fine.

on a related note: i wanted to ask about the plastic testing vial (Taylor gives it a strange name…I was reviewing their testing vid's last night). Just noticed a film inside the vial (i typically rinse,shake, air dry). I used dish soap today to clean it. Is this OK? (no info on vial cleaning anywhere)...

Yeah, keeping extra reagent is wise.

That black stuff doesn't seem to affect anything.

[BigDave]

Rinse it until all the soap is gone.

[FormerBromineUser]

also: just tested TA and pH: pH off the chart (but you mentioned this would happen w/ high FC), but
TA went from green to blue to pale yellow (after 14 drops). ???

Did you dilute the pH sample? If so, what IS your pH?


I asked Mary Jo also to test her TA because her jets have been set to bubble on the surface since opening. (She has very strong flow from her jets and I had her reposition them). As far as I understand, yellow would be your endpoint for TA with high FC.

[mary jo]

OK- tested pH with diluted sample (5:1) and got 7.6 but how do you calculate correct pH from there?
Took TA reading again and went from green to blue to yellow w/ 14 drops=140.

[PoolDoc]

Don't even worry about the TA, till everything else is OK.