Testing for hard water

[mike_s]

cheers will check out the best tds. Do these measure ph too?

 

[moogwai]

No mate, need a separate meter for that.

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[kay-jay]

be wary of what united utilities will tell you!

i've contacted them in the past about this (regarding what treatment i need for perfect beer brewing water)

they will give you a analytical breakdown of what is in the water. this will be accurate and is the only part of the report you should trust but only after it has been confirmed that it is postcode specific and not a geographical average that covers something like a quarter of the country.
if like me you live in the NW they also state that we are a soft water area. *******s to that. any local plumber will tell you, in fact any fool with a kettle and a bit of common sense will tell you that we are temp hard!

KJ

 

[mike_s]

yep I thought we can't be all soft water as we do get some limescale and some people think they must have very hard water! I wonder how accurate they are for the area of a small town that we mostly work in. I'll speak to them and get a tds meter. May get fernox or kamco or one from WATER TESTING INSTRUMENTS - HM Digital

 

[moogwai]

yep I thought we can't be all soft water as we do get some limescale and some people think they must have very hard water! I wonder how accurate they are for the area of a small town that we mostly work in. I'll speak to them and get a tds meter. May get fernox or kamco or one from WATER TESTING INSTRUMENTS - HM Digital

i have the hm tds and ph meters.....vey good.

 

[AWheating]

got my tds meter of ebay for about £30 including postage from usa. alot cheaper then it costs to buy from the uk. I always record the ppm on the benchmark now, shows any manufactures engineer you have checked and not invalidated there warranty as they all expect you to protect the boiler if you have a reading above 200ppm.

 

[mike_s]

cheers sounds good, will get one and do the same, adds to your credibility too. Still not sure which to get but will look into it

 

[AWheating]

NEW! TDS Meter HANNA 98301 Water Tester Hydro Aquarium | eBay UK

This is the one i have (cant remember if this is the same seller) and i cant fault it. Make sure if you buy one it has a low resolution and measures to 1ppm, many of them for sale measure to 10ppm and even 100ppm which is to high for what you need.