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    Default Re: Salt test strips

    Quote Originally Posted by waterbear View Post
    The Aquarite uses conductivity to approximate the salt level and it will vary with tmerpature. The test strips use a chemical test for the chloride ion they are measureing a different thing. Also, the Aquarite displays an average salt reading unless you take an 'instant' salt reading which is your salt level (conductivity) at the moment you take it. (Read the manual for you unit for further info.)
    I would not lose any sleep over these differences between a chemcal test and a conductivity test that is not temperature compensated. I would take an instant reading and if it is within a couple of hundred ppm of the strip I wouldn't lose any sleep over it and just enjoy the pool!
    Thank you waterbear. It was just beating me to death man! I was never over like that. Then the strip saying right now I am at and the aquarrite guage was little over as you said couple 100 ppm. I mean I am not swimming in it, so I should not sweat it now. ~But thank you for your input, makes me fell more comfortable.
    Last edited by Pool_Mike; 03-01-2007 at 01:16 PM.
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