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J-McD, I agree. and although I am enjoying th thread quite a bit, I didn't intend for it to be a "is the dealer just tring to get us into the shop tp take our money?"I had hoped to learn more about the equipment and how it works and differs than what consuers have available. As i said, my wife swears one dealer is using some sort of mega test striip. Is this possible? Is this normal?
Drewstar- I tested my water one day with aqua check test strips and wrote the ranges down. Than for kicks I went to the dealer from where I purchased the spa and they tested with a large test strip inserted into a computer and gave me a printout stating I needed to increase my TA and decrease PH and add Chlorine.I went to the second dealer who sells calderas in town and Hotspring in the town over and they told my that I needed Chlorine and that was all. They tested with some kind of tubes and spinner thingy.I then went to the third dealer in town that sells a generic tub called QCA and he said everything was fine. He tested using a much larger tube and spinning thingy.Needless to say, it is obsiously not a perfect science so I just reverted back to my test stips.
NEVER trust an automated testing machine's info.
Many years ago we were having an auto testing lab put in our store. It used a test strip that went into a scanner and tied into a PC. Anyway, when the rep was setting it up he asked me how I wanted the results to be. He told me that he could set it so that every test came back indicating that they would need to buy whatever I wanted. I told him to set it correctly, by the way. But I always wondered, since he also rep'd a chemical line.....
Socal, I hear monkeys work just as well as midgets for testing purposes, without the union overhead. Just watch out for PETA.
That is shady...glad you took the high road.