Can I Get A Good Pool Test Kit In Thailand

[rick99]

So my contractor tells me that Thailand only has the little two test kits....chlorine and ph. Is this true. I would like a four or six chemical test kit.

AGain....all help appreciated by the pool newbie. Oh yeah.....ps.. also told there is no liquid chlorine in thailand just trichlor......is this myth or fact

[Chaichara]

Chlorine in Thailand is usually sold in tablet or granule. There are huge differences in price from the normal price to the standard pool shop rip off.

Normally, a pack of 5 (five) 200gr tablets costs from baht 280 + VAT and a 5 Kg drum of powder or granules costs from Baht 890 + VAT.

There are many kinds of Cl & pH test kits available in Thailand. There are the little 2--tube Cl & pH testers, there are larger ones that use tablets instead of test liquid, and they might test hardness and total alkalinity too. And there are others that use an optical color scale. prices vary from about 250 to 1,200 baht.

There is also a paper test strip system that checks Harness, Isocyanuric Acid, Free Cl, Total alkiliniy, pH. Bottle complete with 50 test stripscosts about 990 baht.

There are also professional multi testers that test for Hardness, Isocyanuric Acid, Free Cl, Total alkiliniy, pH.s, turbidity, salt level, and a few other measures. They cost from about 7,000 to 15,000 baht. Not really necessary for the private pool owner.

[PoolDoctor]

K. Chaichara's reply is good. I can't add much. The only point I would mention is that higher prices are not necessarily a "rip off" . Likely the owner of that shop might not have enough volume business to buy in bulk and offer a lower price (and regents expire). I find it hard to understand when people assume a higher price is the result of somebody doing something unethical or ripping somebody off. There is something to be said for convenience from the smaller shops.

Liquid chlorine is also available, but nobody will deliver for only 1-2 tanks (each tank I think is 5gallons). Liquid chlorine is used mostly in commercial pools with commercial grade feeders. Sometimes we shock a pool quickly with liquid chlorine, as its easier on the grout and faster acting. Nobody really uses tri-chlor tablets, they are hard to find and expensive. Erosian feeders are not popular here. For all of our pools, we use handheld digital testers daily, and check alkalinity, cyuranic acid, etc, every 3 months with litmus strips. The DPD and OPD test kits are waste of money / time.

Gil