WTB: inexpensive TDS meter
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Underwaterparadise
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ebay or most water stores in the area.
funman1
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I have an extra one.
You can have it for $10 bucks.
I bought one on ebay and then bought a typhoon III and it came with one for free.
So now I have two.
Here was an auction like the one I got mine from.
http://cgi.ebay.com/HM-Digital-TDS-...5QQihZ006QQcategoryZ20756QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
You can have it for $10 bucks.
I bought one on ebay and then bought a typhoon III and it came with one for free.
So now I have two.
Here was an auction like the one I got mine from.
http://cgi.ebay.com/HM-Digital-TDS-...5QQihZ006QQcategoryZ20756QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Nu2SW
New member
A tds meter is to test the total dissolved solids in the water...
"Dissolved solids" refer to any minerals, salts, metals, cations or anions dissolved in water. This includes anything present in water other than the pure water (H20) molecule and suspended solids. (Suspended solids are any particles/substances that are neither dissolved nor settled in the water, such as wood pulp.)
Some dissolved solids come from organic sources such as leaves, silt, plankton, and industrial waste and sewage. Other sources come from runoff from urban areas, road salts used on street during the winter, and fertilizers and pesticides used on lawns and farms.
Dissolved solids also come from inorganic materials such as rocks and air that may contain calcium bicarbonate, nitrogen, iron phosphorous, sulfur, and other minerals. Many of these materials form salts, which are compounds that contain both a metal and a nonmetal. Salts usually dissolve in water forming ions. Ions are particles that have a positive or negative charge.
Those are some paragraphs pulled from this website http://www.espressoplanet.com/what_is_tds.htm
Hope that helps
"Dissolved solids" refer to any minerals, salts, metals, cations or anions dissolved in water. This includes anything present in water other than the pure water (H20) molecule and suspended solids. (Suspended solids are any particles/substances that are neither dissolved nor settled in the water, such as wood pulp.)
Some dissolved solids come from organic sources such as leaves, silt, plankton, and industrial waste and sewage. Other sources come from runoff from urban areas, road salts used on street during the winter, and fertilizers and pesticides used on lawns and farms.
Dissolved solids also come from inorganic materials such as rocks and air that may contain calcium bicarbonate, nitrogen, iron phosphorous, sulfur, and other minerals. Many of these materials form salts, which are compounds that contain both a metal and a nonmetal. Salts usually dissolve in water forming ions. Ions are particles that have a positive or negative charge.
Those are some paragraphs pulled from this website http://www.espressoplanet.com/what_is_tds.htm
Hope that helps
pepe.king.prawn
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Yes, it's a rough reference of whether or not your DI water is clean. Sometimes assists in knowing when to change cartridges if you don't have colour changing DI resin.
