how to use a palintest photometer pooltest 6

Take a sample of water from elbow-depth in your pool Pour the water sample into a 10ml test tube and secure the lid Insert the test tube into the photometer and press the "Blank sample" button Wait until the screen reads 0.0 Add a few drops of the sample water into a clean test tube Add a Palintest DPD1 tablet and crush and mix it with the water Fill the test tube with sample water to the 10ml line Insert the test tube and press the "Read sample" button The results will be displayed on the screen in parts per million To test the total chlorine, add a DPD3 tablet to the existing sample and crush it Leave it to stand for two minutes Reinsert the test tube into the photometer and take the reading as before To test pH, fill a clean vial with sample water to the 10ml mark Add a Phenol Red tablet and crush it Insert the test tube into the photometer and press the "Read sample" button To test total alkalinity, add an Alkaphot tablet to 10ml of sample water Crush and mix the tablet, then let it stand for 1 minute To test the cyanuric acid level, fill the vial with 10ml of sample water Add a cyanuric acid tablet and let it stand for 2 minutes without crushing Any remaining tablet can be crushed after 2 minutes