palintest Lumiso Pooltest 3 User manual

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Lumiso
Pooltest 3
Pooltest 4
Pooltest 6
User Manual
ZIINST61 V1

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Swimmer safety
Safeguard pool users through effective
disinfection and water balance control
Pool integrity
Regular pool testing helps maintain your
pool and protects the pool infrastructure
Water balance
Maintain optimum water balance to
avoid corrosion or scaling
Cost efficiency
Optimise your pool treatment plan
Backed by over 100 years of research, our equipment has
been designed to make testing simple and easy.
Our technology delivers reliable results, to drive confident
water quality management, ensuring that we can all bathe
and play safely.
Palintest Deliver:

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Contents
Getting Started 4
Instrument Layout 4
How to Select and Perform a Test 6
Information Messages 12
Keeping the Optics Clean 13
The Settings Menu 14
Using Check Standards 16
Accessing the Results Log 22
Displaying a QR Code 23
Changing Lumiso settings 24
Setting Time and date 24
Adjusting the Display Backlight 25
Using Sample Labels 26
Procedures for Water Testing 27
How to get Accurate Results 27
Blanking 29
Sample Dilution 29
Test Instructions 30
Technical Specification 45
Changing the Batteries 46

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Lumiso
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Getting Started
Thank you for choosing a Palintest Lumiso Photometer.
Please take time to read and follow the advice in this manual.
If this instrument is used in ways not specified, the protection
it provides and its accuracy may be impaired.
Cell Holder for Tubes
On/Off Button
Backlit Screen
Back or Blank Button
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Confirm or Read Button
Menu/Scroll Buttons

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Waterproof USB port
Non-Slip
Rubberised Base
Integral USB
Dust Cover
Integral
Dust Cover
Serial Number
Non slip rubber feet
Battery Cover
with Captive Screw

6How to Select and Perform a Test
This is the basic procedure for all tests. For specific test details
please refer to the Test Instructions.
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Chl(0–5)
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Chl(0–5)
pH
The test selection menu
appears when first starting
up Lumiso.
From most other screens,
pressing “back” once or
twice, will take you back to
the test selection menu.
Select a test, using the up and
down keys until the desired
test is highlighted.
These tube icons
will usually appear.
These indicate that the left
key is for “blanking” and
the right key is for “reading”
Please Note: The read icon
only appears after the blanking stage
has been completed. Lumiso will require
blanking to be repeated after 50
minutes or if it registers a significant
change in environmental temperature.
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Blank Read

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Chl(0–5)
pH
To blank the instrument, place
a test tube containing pool
or spa water (without test
tablets) in the cell holder.
Press blank
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Blanking enables the instrument to set the correct zero value.
This ensures the final result will be accurate, even when testing
water that is cloudy or coloured.

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This indicates that
blanking was successful.
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If after blanking, you want to read a different parameter
press the back key to go to the test menu. A different
test can then be “Read” without needing to blank again.
The screen will show that the
blank is being measured.

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Prepare a 10mL sample by
adding reagents according
to the test instructions.
Place this sample tube
in the cell holder.
Press read.
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Depending upon test selected,
Lumiso will either go to step 9,
or show intermediate steps
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Chl(0–10)
F
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For tests with a “wait time”
(see test instructions), a
preset timer will count down
and then automatically
commence reading.
Press read to override
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8b
A choice of free or total chlorine
is offered. See test instructions.
Highlight FChl and press
read to read and display
free chlorine result. (see step 10)
Highlight TChl and press
read to display a preset
timer which will automatically
count down and then read the
total chlorine result.
For Chlorine Tests Only
For Tests with a Wait Time Only

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FChl(0-5)
The screen will show that the
sample is being measured.
The result will be displayed
with the following information
Time and Date
The Test Name from the Menu
The Measured Result
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Depending upon the test,
pressing back from this
screen will either go back to
the test selection menu or to
the free/total chlorine selection.

12 Information Messages
Lumiso will display these messages as M numbers, if it
detects unexpected readings when making its optical
measurements
A common cause that can trigger any of these messages to be
displayed is contamination of the optical windows or stained
glassware. See sections Keeping the Optics Clean and How to
Get Accurate Results. If messages continue to be displayed,
please contact your local Palintest branch or distributor.
Message
Number Likely Cause Suggested Action
M1 and M2
Blank is too dark
Check and clean all
glass tubes used.
Repeat blanking
process
Contamination
obscuring optics
See “Keeping the
Optics Clean”
M3 and M4
Blank, sample tube,
or NDF standard
moved or removed
too early
Carefully repeat
blanking and reading
procedure
M5
Light cap not fitted
correctly
Check or change light
cap on tube
External light entering
the optical cell
Move instrument away
from external light

Contamination in the optical cell may effect the accuracy of
readings and can trigger an information message to be displayed.
Clean optical windows gently with a soft, non-abrasive cloth
dampened with water or anti-static foam cleaner. Do not use solvents.
Instrument failure due to contamination is not covered by warranty.
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The Settings Menu
A number of additional functions and settings can be accessed
from within the Settings Menu.
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The Settings Menu is
accessed from the opening
Test Selection Menu.
Select and confirm
Use the key to scroll
through the options.
Press confirm to explore
that option
Press back to go back
to the Test Selection Menu.
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Check Standard Mode:
Verify instrument performance
using NDF check standards
Label Mode:
Assign a label to your measurement
Log Mode:
Access the last 50 measurement
results
QR Log Mode:
Access a QR code that contains
the current log.
Date & Time Mode:
Manually edit the date & time in
the instrument. Date format can
also be changed.
Brightness Control Mode:
Adjust the brightness of the
screen backlight.
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Using Check Standards
Why is Percentage Transmission of Light being measured
with Lumiso Check Standards?
Lumiso works by measuring the amount of light that passes
through the sample. This value is known as the “Percentage
Transmission” or “%T”. Lumiso’s software then converts this
%T value into a concentration, such as mg/L of chlorine.
So, to verify that the instrument is within calibration it is only
necessary to check that the instrument correctly measures
%T for each wavelength of light it uses. This simplifies the
process for using check standards.
Check Standards can be purchased separately for your
Lumiso instrument. These standards contain Neutral
Density Filters (NDFs) and can be used to verify that the
instrument is within calibration
and performing correctly.
LMC001
LMC001 LMC001
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530nm
The wavelengths of light the
instrument uses are shown
in nanometres (nm).
To ensure that all the test
parameters on Lumiso are
being measured correctly,
use the standards to verify
both of these wavelengths.
If nothing is shown here, it is
because Lumiso has not been
“blanked” on the wavelength
highlighted.
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Check Standard Mode is
accessed from the Settings
Menu
Scroll to the Check Standard
icon and confirm
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530nm
Ensure that the wavelength
being checked is aligned
with the mark on the
Lumiso instrument.
Press blank
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To set the blank (zero) value
for the selected wavelength.
Insert the “Blank” from the
set of standards.
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Blank
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The instrument will measure
the blank and show when
this has been successful.
A read icon now appears.
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Insert Standard A from
the set of standards
Ensure that the correct
wavelength is aligned.
Then press read
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530nm
%T
The measurement of %T
(Percentage Transmission)
is shown on screen.
This value needs to be
compared with that on the
certificate for the correct
wavelength and standard.
Please Note: The certificate
shown here is for illustration
only. Please refer to the
certificate supplied
with the set of standards.
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