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Ph Meter Question

DieselDuds May 8, 2016 24 Replies 4,374 Views
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Smerb

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Sooooo, if pen tests are generally the same after 5 feedings,just look at pH.? I purchased the 200$ pen for ppm,pH,ec, and every feeding reads the same as before. Took to hydro shop so the guy can tell me its calibrated, I knew that. Why check ppm and ec than?
 
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Smerb said:
Sooooo, if pen tests are generally the same after 5 feedings,just look at pH.? I purchased the 200$ pen for ppm,pH,ec, and every feeding reads the same as before. Took to hydro shop so the guy can tell me its calibrated, I knew that. Why check ppm and ec than?
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Sometimes your source water can change. The manuacturer of the nutes your using might change how they formulate it. You can use it to check runoff/medium slurry to help identify issues. That's just off the top of my head.

I didn't check ec for the first couple years I did this, now I'd feel naked without my ec meter.
 
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Savage Henry said:
Sometimes your source water can change. The manuacturer of the nutes your using might change how they formulate it. You can use it to check runoff/medium slurry to help identify issues. That's just off the top of my head.

I didn't check ec for the first couple years I did this, now I'd feel naked without my ec meter.
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I am a tad old skool. I even wrote down my readings for 2 years. In my head and with the plants looking the way they do, it must be good to go...
 
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I hear bluelab is in and Hannah is out. Wtf, I'm using my Milwaukee yellow. Anyhow feel free smokers to partake in this thread again. Puff puff puff,pass
 
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Lol my hydro store guy took 6 top ph pens to test accuracy and all of them were off even after calibrating. I went back to the cheap liquid ph tester after that.
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They arw notoriously inaccurate or less than perfect...especially the ones we use. Its inherent in the design. The imortant thing is to stick with the meter (preferably with a replaceble probe) you use and know well. Keep it calibrated and clean and stick with it.
 
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