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Hey there Farmers... Im having a bit of a problem with my pH pen, and I was hoping maybe someone would have some tips or advice for me...
My meter wasn't the most expensive, but is relatively new...I just purchased it this summer. Anyway the damn thing doesn't seem to be doing much of ANYTHING?!?!?!? I have 7.01 calibration fluid to make sure that I keep it accurate, and calibrate it at least once a week.
Anyway, the past few days it has been totally wacky... I will calibrate it to 7.0. I the rinse off the calibration fluid and test my water (which always use to be 7.4 - 7.5) However, now it never seems to move. It just stays at 7.0-7.1 So I figured maybe my water pH just changed... But then I will mix up a full batch of nutes, 6ml Micro, 9ml Bloom, and the damn meter STILL reads just under 7.0???? Mixing up a full batch of nutes used to put my water at just about 6.6 when starting with 7.4 pH water. So I added some pH down....then tested, still not much lower, then some more, and more again... still I cant even get it below 6.5.
Im sure that something is wrong with my meter, but still everytime I dip it in the calibration fluid.... 6.8-7.0 I am completely baffled. I even decided to screw with it, and when I dipped it in calibration fluid, I set it to 10.0.... and then when I tested anything I could find, it was still only moving about +/- .02
Anyone with experience with these Milwaukee pH600 meter or anything like this, I would be very grateful for the response...
I am trying to nurse the last of my clones to health, but its not working out so well when I cant make sure my pH is in the right area, especially since they are in Coco.
Thanks guys.
:cool
My meter wasn't the most expensive, but is relatively new...I just purchased it this summer. Anyway the damn thing doesn't seem to be doing much of ANYTHING?!?!?!? I have 7.01 calibration fluid to make sure that I keep it accurate, and calibrate it at least once a week.
Anyway, the past few days it has been totally wacky... I will calibrate it to 7.0. I the rinse off the calibration fluid and test my water (which always use to be 7.4 - 7.5) However, now it never seems to move. It just stays at 7.0-7.1 So I figured maybe my water pH just changed... But then I will mix up a full batch of nutes, 6ml Micro, 9ml Bloom, and the damn meter STILL reads just under 7.0???? Mixing up a full batch of nutes used to put my water at just about 6.6 when starting with 7.4 pH water. So I added some pH down....then tested, still not much lower, then some more, and more again... still I cant even get it below 6.5.
Im sure that something is wrong with my meter, but still everytime I dip it in the calibration fluid.... 6.8-7.0 I am completely baffled. I even decided to screw with it, and when I dipped it in calibration fluid, I set it to 10.0.... and then when I tested anything I could find, it was still only moving about +/- .02
Anyone with experience with these Milwaukee pH600 meter or anything like this, I would be very grateful for the response...
I am trying to nurse the last of my clones to health, but its not working out so well when I cant make sure my pH is in the right area, especially since they are in Coco.
Thanks guys.
:cool