mid-buggy
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| posted on 12/6/10 at 09:00 PM |
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Cheap Way To Test Water
Looking for a cheap way to test the ppm of water, anyone got recommendations?
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Grimsdale
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| posted on 12/6/10 at 09:25 PM |
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ppm of what in water? Merck do various test kits for some compounds, dissolved metals and the like the company i work for can do tests at about £15
ea.
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alexg1965
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| posted on 12/6/10 at 09:38 PM |
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If you're trying to measure hardness, B&Q used to sell kits near where they sell water softeners
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mid-buggy
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| posted on 12/6/10 at 09:43 PM |
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nope, want to check the water to see if its 0ppm or what if its above that.
(its car related in a sense)
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 12/6/10 at 10:13 PM |
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parts per million of what contained in water?
What is the substance you are testing the water for?
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plentywahalla
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| posted on 12/6/10 at 10:15 PM |
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If its dissolved solids you are after, you can get cheap TDS meters on ebay for about 20 quid.
Search under 'TDS meter'
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mid-buggy
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| posted on 12/6/10 at 10:36 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by liam.mccaffrey
parts per million of what contained in water?
What is the substance you are testing the water for?
i just want to test the water to make sure its 0ppm, not testing for metal in the water or anything like that, just purity.
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MakeEverything
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| posted on 12/6/10 at 10:41 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mid-buggy
quote:
Originally posted by liam.mccaffrey
parts per million of what contained in water?
What is the substance you are testing the water for?
i just want to test the water to make sure its 0ppm, not testing for metal in the water or anything like that, just purity.
Ive got to agree with Liam on this.
When you test water, generally its either for bacteria, minerals or metal. PPM = Parts Per Million, which would be the measurement of whatever it is
you are looking for, so what you said doesnt make sense until you enlighten us (or yourself) as to what it is you are measuring. Confused? - Leave it
aone then!
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Liam
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| posted on 12/6/10 at 10:42 PM |
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Where's that facepalm smiley when you need it? 
0ppm of what?
PPM means parts per million - you want to test whether your water has 0 parts of what per million parts of water? Lead, calcium, rat faeces,
uranium...?
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blakep82
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| posted on 12/6/10 at 10:52 PM |
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0ppm of water! he wants to make sure there's no water in his water presumably 
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 12/6/10 at 11:09 PM |
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What is it for, that would give us a clue.
[Edited on 12/6/10 by liam.mccaffrey]
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dhutch
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| posted on 12/6/10 at 11:32 PM |
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55ant
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| posted on 13/6/10 at 12:11 AM |
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photometer and an adative to react with whatever your testing for. This is how we do it at swimming pools when testing chlorine (and various other)
levels
away from cars, now cycling and building TT bikes
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mid-buggy
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| posted on 13/6/10 at 09:05 AM |
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Its for the final rinse whilst washing cars, adding water to IPA etc etc
It just needs to be pure and I am looking at getting it from work (by the litre haha) and need to check that their water filter is still working
properly and dosnt need the gel filter replacing.
Pure water dosnt leave water spots behind which are caused by mineral deposits within normal drinking water.
Sad I know, but 1 of the cars I clean is a rare prototype and needs to look stunning all the time
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JoelP
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| posted on 13/6/10 at 09:41 AM |
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our window cleaner uses purified water so he doesnt have to wipe off. Has a set of filters in the van that sort it overnight.
One test for impurities is to let it evaporate off a piece of glass and see what gets left behind!
Beware! Bourettes is binfectious.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 13/6/10 at 09:42 AM |
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Looks like its is TDS you want to measure windows cleaners use them these days ------ ebay is your best option search on TDS meter you should find
something under 20 squid. Beware Honk Kong/China ebay sellers they can take weeks to deliver.
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