I put distilled water in at 1PPM and out came water with 60PPM. I used a very good TDS meter. Something is added to my distilled water. What is it?
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If 1ppm solute of unknown identity went in and 59 more came out, I'd bet it's the carbon from the carbon filter. Nothing to worry about. Your water is still absolutely drinkable and mostly pure.
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By the way, don't drink water that's completely pure. Your body needs at least a little bit of salt. It won't hurt to drink DI water in a pinch but you do need salt from somewhere, perhaps food.
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Total disssolved solids increasing after using the same water both times makes no sense. Have you used other waters before and got same results an increase after the purifier? Have you contacted the manufactuer with questions? You have to eliminate the distilled water first off as the problem and see if it does it with all waters. Surely you are not consuming distilled water on a regular basis?
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I did a test with just the water to establish an answer to that question... I would imagine anything other than a neutral starting water would skew the results. My water was neutral on all counts. I dont have any science to back this up as necessary but I did it for my own peace of mind.
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that all depends on what your tds is prior to adding the fertilizer u can get a tds meter on amazon for 15 to 20 bux so I would definitely get 1 however tap water is usually no problem
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Sorry, I don't know. But I use distilled water in mine, so if you can switch to distilled water, that should help.
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I'm wondering if it has to do with the type of water that is used. If it is distilled, tap water, from a water softener, etc. I seemed to notice a difference in the length of time when I moved.
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I believe these are ferrous metals and other minerals. One way to reduce this buildup is to filter the water that gets put into the tanks. The build up will still occur, but at a slower rate. Distiller water will end the build up completely, but that might be an expensive option depending on your access to distilled water.
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Reverse Osmosis leaves more dissolved solids in the water than distilled water. The dissolved solids will affect the actual pH of the buffering solution and therefore affect the accuracy of your meter calibration. For the best calibration and accuracy, it is best to use distilled or deionized water when using powdered buffering agents. As an alternative, you may want to use a premixed bottled buffering solution and not have to mix anything.
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I have not had any issues, but the DW(Distilled Water) I use reads in the 0 to 9µS range- which would show 0 on the mS range.
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i use distilled water as i believe (do not know) that ph is 7.0 however the tester only lasted for 18 months.
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I found when I didn't use distiller water, sediment would build up, overheat and the red light would appear. After switching to distiller water, as the manual suggests, I didn't have that problem anymore.
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Yes I did test this system with the TDS meter and was very disappointed. The readings were exactly the same as what came out of the tap. I called Brondell and they informed me that was how it's supposed to be. Their system is apparently designed to only remove the bad taste...not the dissolved solids...well in my case it did neither. The water still tasted bad and the TDS reading was just as high as the tap. Our water is so bad here, typical readings from 450-800+ so it may just be that filters don't work here. I gave up on filters after trying many and ordered delivered water from Culligan. Yes I did test this system with the TDS meter and was very disappointed. The readings were exactly the same as what came out of the tap. I called Brondell and they informed me that was how it's supposed to be. Their system is apparently designed to only remove the bad taste...not the dissolved solids...well in my case it did neither. The water still tasted bad and the TDS reading was just as high as the tap. Our water is so bad here, typical readings from 450-800+ so it may just be that filters don't work here. I gave up on filters after trying many and ordered delivered water from Culligan.
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I added to distiller. Mom added to fresh well water. In both cases it turned the water an orangey brown color. In both cases the water tasted awful. Neither of us had any results from this product. I do NOT recommend this product. We both have had and continue to have good results from Cell Food by Lumina Health.
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Are you using distilled water only? Because some of are water is hard it causes lime or calcium buildup.
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Yeah the write ups on Amazon are pretty poor, the TDS-EZ does NOT have temperature compensation the TDS-4 has temperature compensation. What temperature compensation means is that the ppm reading will not vary as the temperature of the water varys. The temperature compensation is good from 1 to 50 degrees Celsius, which is 33.8 degrees Fahrenheit to 122 degrees Fahrenheit. You can find this out by going to HM Digital website, which is (I will put in f_ for forward slashes and blank for period): www tdsmeter comf_imgf_selectionguide jpg . BTW, if you look at the reviews on Amazon for HM Digital TDS-EZ (the non-temperature compensated one), there is a review written by John A called, "Convenient, simple to use. Not temperature compensated" and he shows the ppm reading variation vs. temperature for the TDS-EZ meter. It is very large more than 100% variation in ppm reading from 54 degrees to 130degrees. Generally for the extra few bucks I wouldn't buy the TDS-EZ, if you do buy the TDS-EZ it is only good for relative ppm water readings and all the water samples have to be at the same temperature for the relative reading to be valid. Given this headache the TDS-4 is a much better buy given the bang for the buck.
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You must use distilled water and use the measuring cup that came with the unit
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Dr. Paul Bragg would say adding anything to your water is a bad idea.Also he would say that these "minerals" are inorganic minerals......basically just microscopic pieces of rock that clog up your body.He would recommend pure steam distilled water with nothing added.You can make your own decision but I've been following his advice with this one and I feel great!
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Im the last person to answer this one. Both boxes i purchased tested on distilled water, tap water and my spit the same reading. i never could get the strips to change from the same reading. I do know under normal testing (other strips i did notice a change when water was tested).