Taylor Test Kits

The K-2006C Complete FAS-DPD test kit accurately tests for Free & Combined Chlorine, Bromine, pH, Acid & Base Demand, Alkalinity, Hardness and Cyanuric Acid. User friendly comparator, and has accurate sanitizer drop ratios. Completely liquid drop test kit with DPD powder for free & combined chlorine. Chlorine test accurate for levels up to 40 PPM. Kit comes with 2 ounce reagents.

The 2006C kit contains tests for:

• Free Chlorine
• Combined Chlorine
• pH
• Acid & Base Demand
• Alkalinity
• Calcium Hardness
• Cyanuric Acid

REAGENT SHELF LIFE

All reagents have a shelf life, whether they are liquids, powders, crystals, tablets, or test-strip pads. If kept dry, powders and crystals are very stable; acids are also long lived. Date of manufacture is not the controlling factor when it comes to shelf life—storage conditions are more important. As with all perishables, reagents are sensitive to environmental influences and will last longer under controlled conditions.

To this end, we recommend:

• Storing reagents at a consistent temperature in the range if 36°–85°F (2°–29°C); extreme temperature fluctuation, say from a refrigerator to a hot car trunk, causes reagents to deteriorate.
• Keeping them out of prolonged direct sunlight. (Note: their brown plastic bottles help protect very light-sensitive reagents.)
• Segregating reagents from containers of treatment chemicals.
• Replacing caps immediately and tightening them carefully so that exposure to air and humidity is limited.
• Avoiding switching bottle caps, placing bottle caps on soiled surfaces, repouring reagents into contaminated containers, or touching test strip pads.

Taylor formulates its reagents to remain effective for at least one year, with only very few exceptions (molybdenum indicator in liquid form is one; after four months old it should be tested against a standard periodically). As a general precaution, replace all reagents more than one year old, or at the beginning of a new testing season.