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INST.36

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1
GENERAL INFORMATION ...................................... 3
Introduction to Palintest Photometers ......................... 3
Kit Contents ............................................................. 4
Instrument Layout .................................................... 6
2
BACKGROUND INFORMATION ............................. 7
Blanks and Samples .................................................. 9
Taking a Reading ...................................................... 9
Care and Maintenance ............................................ 10
3
TEST PROCEDURES ............................................. 12
Chlorine ................................................................. 14
pH ......................................................................... 17
Cyanuric Acid ......................................................... 18
Alkalinity (Total) ..................................................... 19
Calcium Hardness ................................................... 20
Bromine ................................................................. 21
4
INSTRUMENT ...................................................... 22
Technical Specification ............................................ 24
5
TROUBLESHOOTING ........................................... 26
Chemistry Troubleshooting ...................................... 26
Water Balance ........................................................ 29
Sample Dilution and Collection ................................. 33
6
REORDER CODES and ACCESSORIES ................. 34
1
GENERAL INFORMATION
Introduction to Palintest Photometers
Thank you for purchasing this Palintest product.
Palintest instruments and reagents are renowned as
being simple to use, whilst providing rapid and reliable
results for the testing of water. Our instruments are of
the highest quality and fully waterproof.
Palintest's experience, built-up over the last 50 years,
is the reason why our instruments and reagents are
used in laboratories, treatment plants, leisure facilities
and industrial premises throughout the world.
Our products are packaged carefully and the product
should reach you in the state it left our factory; if this
product has reached you in a state that is less than
satisfactory, please contact your local Palintest branch
or your local distributor.
This booklet describes the best way to use Palintest
products, and provides instructions for the range of
water tests that can be performed using this instrument.
Palintest instruments are calibrated for Palintest
reagents. To guarantee the high accuracy and
performance that our instruments give, you must
ensure that only Palintest reagents are used with
Palintest instruments. Failure to do so can lead to
erroneous results.
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    Palintest branch Alkalinity (Total) ............. 19 or your local distributor. Calcium Hardness ........... 20 This booklet describes the best way to use Palintest Bromine ..............21 products, and provides instructions for the range of INSTRUMENT ............22 water tests that can be performed using this instrument.
  • Page 2 (Phenol Red) see Section 6. Cyanuric Acid If you have bought the Pooltest 3 HR (High Range) or the Rainbow Pool Products Pooltest 6 HR (High Range) instrument/kit, please ensure you use the DPD-XF and DPD-XT reagents for measuring PO Box 2388, Mansfield Qld 4122 free and total chlorine.

  • Page 3: Instrument Layout

    Instrument Layout BACKGROUND INFORMATION Introduction to Colorimetric Measurement Palintest tests are based on measuring the intensity of colours produced by Palintest reagents and using Test Tube holder Palintest photometers to measure that intensity of colour. This is colorimetry and can be defined as any technique used to evaluate an unknown colour in reference to known colours.

  • Page 4: Blanks And Samples

    Blanks and Samples The use of filters improves the sensitivity of this Palintest photometers use a BLANK tube to set the process and choice of the correct optical filter (and, instrument to blank and a SAMPLE tube to take the therefore, the correct wavelength) of light is important.

  • Page 5: Care And Maintenance

    Care and Maintenance 8 Keep the instrument in a clean, dry place when it is The handling of photometer tubes is important to not in use. Keep it on a clean, dry bench away from ensure continuing accuracy. Scratches, finger-prints chemicals, place it in a storage cupboard or keep it in and water droplets on the tube or inside the light a carrying case.

  • Page 6: Test Procedures

    Calcium Hardness • Calc NaCl* Calcium Hardness (Salt Water Pools Only) • Bromine * = only available on the Pooltest 6 models ** = only available if you have either of the Pooltest 3 HR or the Pooltest 6 HR models...

  • Page 7: Chlorine

    Chlorine Total Chlorine Range Carry out this test on the solution remaining from the Free Chlorine test. : 0.01 – 5 mg/l If any non-chlorine shock treatment chemicals have 10 : 0.01 – 10 mg/l been added to the pool, see additional notes below. Wavelength –...
  • Page 8 Method – Phenol Red instructions on how to do this, please contact your local Palintest branch, distributor or see www.palintest.com 1 Fill test tube with sample to the 10 ml mark. 2 Add one PHENOL RED tablet, crush and mix to dissolve.

  • Page 9: Cyanuric Acid

    Cyanuric Acid Alkalinity (Total) Range: 2 – 200 mg/l Range: 10 – 500 mg/l Wavelength – 530 and 575 nm Wavelength – 575 nm Method – Turbidity Method – Acid and Indicator 1 Fill test tube with sample to the 10 ml mark. Fill test tube with sample to the 10 ml mark.

  • Page 10: Calcium Hardness

    Calcium Hardness Bromine Range: 5 – 500 mg/l Range: 0.02 – 10 mg/l Wavelength – 575 nm Wavelength – 530 nm Method – Indicator Method – DPD 1 Fill test tube with sample to the 10 ml mark. Rinse test tube with sample leaving a few drops of sample in the tube.

  • Page 11: Instrument

    Error messages are coded 7, 8 and 9 and all relate to blanking the instrument. In the first instance, the user Under no circumstances shall Palintest Ltd be liable for should check the operating technique and sample loss of life, property, profits or other damages incurred clarity.
  • Page 12 Filter Bandwidth 10nm LCD Display 128 x 64 pixel screen Servicing and Warranty Palintest Pooltest Photometers are guaranteed for a Instrument Operating 0 – 50°C Temperature Range period of two years from the date of purchase, excluding accidental damage or damage caused by...

  • Page 13: Troubleshooting

    DPD No 3 reading, thus yielding a false high result for combined chlorine. Unwary pool operators may add It is very important to specify Palintest Photometer further shock dose at this point, and this further raises Grade tablets when ordering replacement reagents the false total chlorine result.

  • Page 14: Water Balance

    CaCO (calcium carbonate). water. The Palintest method is a simplified version of the This is merely a convention to allow the comparison of Langelier Index and this can be calculated from the different results and does not necessarily indicate that Palintest result by subtracting 11.1.
  • Page 15 Take a sample of the water and measure the pH. Record the actual pH value (Line 3). Add together the values of lines 1, 2 and 3. This gives the Palintest Balanced Water Index for the Water Balance water. Compare the index obtained with the Water...

  • Page 16: Sample Dilution And Collection

    In such cases it is necessary to dilute the swimming pools, subtract 0.1 from the index value pool water and repeat the test. A Palintest dilution obtained, for high temperature pools and spas, add tube (PT 512) is available to dilute samples accurately.

  • Page 17: Reorder Codes And Accessories

    REORDER CODES and ACCESSORIES Product Code Reagent Description 50 Tests 250 Tests DPD No 1 Tablet Pack PM 011 AP 011 DPD-XF Tablet Pack PM 013 AP 013 DPD No 3 Tablet Pack PM 031/1 AP 031/1 DPD-XT Tablet Pack PM 033/1 AP 033/1 Phenol Red...

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