Baquacil to Chlorine Conversion - Start to Finish

[aylad]

brungardfdc,
I'll echo what Michael said--get a good drop-based kit to start your conversion with, and please start a new thread so that you can get the most views and advice.

And no, don't worry about chorinators, generators, and the like for right now....chlorine pools can be (and are by most of the posters here) run with just plain bleach.

Janet

[CarlD]

What Michael and Janet said:

DPD-FAS kits (different from DPD tablets) are mostly a Taylor product. Ben uses the DPD-FAS test for chlorine in his kit. So does the Taylor 2006 kit, and Leslie's sells a DPD-FAS kit under its own brand that's the Taylor kit.

DPD-FAS measures Free Chlorine (FC--the good stuff) and Combined Chloramines(CC-the used up stuff that smells like chlorine)

Total Chlorine (TC) is the sum of FC and CC.

Best is when CC=0.

The pH test from any of these, or even from the little $7 OTO/pH test kits is FINE and will do the job.

Don't rely on test strips--they are inaccurate.

Good luck!