It happens to all of us over the years, I have switched from one to another
always trying to get the purest steam distilled water. I did use walgreens drug
store, for a long time and they changed there supplier , Bam ! There So called
Distilled water was really bad, like over 10 ppm dissolved solids, or
contamination. I took it all back with my
hanna testers and demanded my money back, and opened an unopened jug in front
of them and tested it with my smallest tester , wow it was real bad, they gave
me all my money back from 2 sales receipts, I buy about 8 or 10 gallons at a
time, I try to limit trips. {Thus a good meter can pay for itself } I am sure
all stores are different but here in Prescott, AZ Walmart has steam distilled
water that measures only 0.00 to 0.04 now that is pure. I feel bad for people
who use DW for car & golf cart , & boat batteries, that 10 ppm would shorten
the life of the batterie, or plug up an iron fast.
Tel Tofflemire
Dewey, AZ.
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From: Del <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tue, March 9, 2010 6:30:01 AM
Subject: Re: CS>Silver Meter
One experience of mine shows why you need a
meter.
I have always used a meter to measure the strength of my
CS right after making it.
It normally reads between 9 and 12, which is an
approximation of the PPM of the solution.
Although the actual ppm may be a bit different, I assume
it is not hugely different. The important thing is the consistency of the
meter from one batch to the next. I know that each of my batches is
similar to all the others that I have made.
One day I made a quart mason jar of CS from a new gallon
of distilled water, and did my routine measurement after it was
made.
I was not expecting anything different as the CS was clear
and did not show any cloudiness or anything.
I woke up in a hurry when the meter jumped to 200
plus.
Whoa, what is this? I measure it again. Still
in excess of 200.
I then poured water from the new gallon jug and measured
that. Also in excess of 200.
The water was bad.
Why did my SG6 not refuse to make CS from this as it
is supposed to?
I don't know. It looked like it went through its
normal process, although I was not really paying attention at the
time.
Anyway, the meter showed that this jug of the distilled
water I always buy (Poland Springs) was bad.
That had never happened before and has not happened again
since.
And that is why you need a meter and should always measure
each batch that you make.
Del
----- Original Message -----
>From: Neville
> Munn
>To: [email protected]
>Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 7:38
>PM
>Subject: RE: CS>Silver Meter
>
>[Any comments on this is appreciated]
>-Sure, here's my
> thoughts on the subject...
>
>[...basiclly has the same component
> inside as the Hanna PWT.]
>-That'd be their way of saying "there isn't
> a meter 'off the shelf' that is specifically designed to
> measure EIS" {without actually saying it!} cos to my knowledge...there
> isn't. Meters used for EIS purposes are...'guesswork using a measuring
> instrument'.
>
>I got three meters and none of them are 'accurate?',
> but they get me in the ballpark, which is only where I need to be. I
> know from laboratory analysis that I got more *total* silver content than
> all
> my meters show, but the meters fool me into determining *roughly* what
> silver
> content I have and that's all I need to know <g>.
>
>My
> question would be...How 'accurate' do you wanna be, or *need* to
> be?
>
>Without laboratory analysis meters are only going to get you
> *in* the ballpark, *you'll* have to pick the seat you think is the
> *best* seat once you get *in* {using all that information about meters,
> calculations etc etc available in the public
> domain}.
>
>N.
>
>
>
>
>________________________________
>
>
>Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 04:40:56 -0800
>From:
> [email protected]
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: CS>Silver
> Meter
>
>
>
>
> >
>Hello,
>
>I'm looking for any thoughts on meters to check the ppm.
> Someone told me you needed the Hanna PWT that costs about $60. I found a
> Hanna Primo for half that. The fellow that told me about the PWT says he
> checked the Primo and it wasn't accurate. I contacted the company
> that sold it to me and they said it basiclly has the same component inside
> as
> the Hanna PWT. I would like to be able to be fairly certain what
> ppm I'm making. Any comments on this is appreciated.
>
>-Thanks Gary
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