I just got back to Los Angeles and am setting up to get growing again. Buying all new stuff. Instead of lugging in 5 gallon jugs of water all the time, I got a Hydrologic Small Boy filter, and the KDF85 activated carbon filter upgrade.
I also got the red Hanna checker one PH meter and a blue Hanna Primo PPM meter.
I calibrated the PPM meter with the supplied 1382 ppm fluid, and then checked it with another bottle of 1382 ppm fluid.
Then I got a clean bowl and tried measuring some tap water out of the faucet. I got 275 ppm from it.
Then I went and ran some water through the Small Boy filter and measured it, and it came out to 260 ppm.
What the hell? Isn't this water supposed to be clean?
When I got the Small Boy, I left the white sediment filter side alone and replaced the supplied carbon filter with the KDF 85 unit.
Either some water is leaking around the filter, or it needs to be run in for a while (it has about 6 gallons through it so far), or it just plain don't work for shit!
What is it?
I also got the red Hanna checker one PH meter and a blue Hanna Primo PPM meter.
I calibrated the PPM meter with the supplied 1382 ppm fluid, and then checked it with another bottle of 1382 ppm fluid.
Then I got a clean bowl and tried measuring some tap water out of the faucet. I got 275 ppm from it.
Then I went and ran some water through the Small Boy filter and measured it, and it came out to 260 ppm.
What the hell? Isn't this water supposed to be clean?
When I got the Small Boy, I left the white sediment filter side alone and replaced the supplied carbon filter with the KDF 85 unit.
Either some water is leaking around the filter, or it needs to be run in for a while (it has about 6 gallons through it so far), or it just plain don't work for shit!
What is it?