Hi, not to be a damp cloth here, but this wont work. Water chemistry is a precise science and require precise measurements. I researched this for the last two years and haven't find a affordable tool that blind pool owners can use. The only electronic instruments out there capable of doing some of the required measurements are damn expensive, and don't do all that's needed, so my personal advice is to understand your pool, get the water 100% right, with sighted help, and then do the basics to keep it well maintained. If the ph, alkalinity, stabilizer levels and chloreen is right to start off with, you'll learn quickly what to do to keep it there. If it is not in the right parameters to start with, and you go about it the wrong way to fix it, you'll spend the whole year keeping on adding all sorts of chemicals without ever getting it right, so start off by reading everything you can get on how water chemistry works, and why certain things need to be done certain ways. I'll look if I can get good references to post to the list, but first I'm off to work. Cheers, Matthys.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi, > What we do with the larger windows for intake on those is put it against > your hand or white paper. Or white, non shiney back drop. > Maybe not as drastic a diff between red and black for wiring, but if it > says something that is a darker combination, (my skin with a black wire > gets me a maroon read out, and with a white wire gets me something really > light) > So you can dry and cup the test strip in your hand and see what it says. > Thus with a > color #1 known, you get read out A > with color #2 you get read out B > not a fine differentiation but at least an > a or b > > On Sun, 20 May 2007, Steve wrote: > > > I thought about that, Rob, but my Cobolt one's aperture is too > large. If the Brightec one is smaller, it might e possible. > > > > I'll try to get my hands on one of those and if it works, it would > certainly be nice. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Rob Monitor > > To: [email protected] > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 5:18 PM > > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Measuring Water Chemistry > > > > > > Hi, This just a question since I never owned a spa or a pool. These > test strips that you use to test the water do they turn different > colors and if so could you use a color identifier to do the > testing???----- Original Message ----- > > From: Don > > To: [email protected] > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 5:12 PM > > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Measuring Water Chemistry > > > > If there is a really good way to do this as a blind person, I would > sure like too know the answer. The short answer, get a sited person > too look at the test strips. regards Don > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Steve > > To: [email protected] > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 1:30 PM > > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Measuring Water Chemistry > > > > Anybody know of a way to independently assess water chemistry in a > spa or pool? > > > > Don't worry about what people think; they don't do it very often. > > > > Steve, K8SP > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
