Hcw3
Member
We have a chlorine injector / contact tank / and filter system, with a salt softener. For years I've been wondering if I'm doing the chlorine test in the right spot in the system! The installer gave me a free chlorine test kit, and said 'if you can smell it a little bit then it's right'.... He didn't say where in the system to take the sample water.
To test, if I take the sample directly after the contact tank, bypassing the charcoal filter, and bypassing the softener, the tap will run with a definite chlorine smell, with maybe a wee bit of sulphur smell, and the free chlorine tests at .5ppm.
However, with nothing bypassed, testing at the tap shows zero free chlorine. We would prefer removing the chlorine completely - toilet, shower, etc haven't been iron-stained since doing it this way - but is this the right way to be doing it?
We also have a secondary kitchen sink carbon filter for drinking water.
Thanks for any pointers.
To test, if I take the sample directly after the contact tank, bypassing the charcoal filter, and bypassing the softener, the tap will run with a definite chlorine smell, with maybe a wee bit of sulphur smell, and the free chlorine tests at .5ppm.
However, with nothing bypassed, testing at the tap shows zero free chlorine. We would prefer removing the chlorine completely - toilet, shower, etc haven't been iron-stained since doing it this way - but is this the right way to be doing it?
We also have a secondary kitchen sink carbon filter for drinking water.
Thanks for any pointers.