BHenderson79
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I recently got a TDS meter and I was just looking for some answers with regard to some numbers I'm seeing. Please let me know if you think my assumptions are correct!
Last week I replaced the cartridges on my RO unit. I emptied the old water in the collection basin and made a new batch of water. I checked the TDS when it was done and got a reading of 0. All good!
I used that water for a water change, then made a new batch of RO water in the basin. When it was full, I turned off the RO faucet and left it for 3 or 4 days. Today I came to do another water change and used that water. The way I was doing the water change was: scoop a 2-gallon bucket into the RO water basin. Mix a cup of salt into the bucket, siphon the bucket into the tank. Then I'd bring the same bucket back down and repeat.
Out of curiosity, I tested the TDS after I'd already done a couple bucketfuls of water. The TDS in the RO water basin read at 105. By the time I was done the water change, the RO basin water was reading over 400 TDS. So is it safe to assume that the ridiculous TDS jump is just from me contaminating the RO basin water with some salt residue by using the same bucket that I mixed in the salt?
Thanks!
Last week I replaced the cartridges on my RO unit. I emptied the old water in the collection basin and made a new batch of water. I checked the TDS when it was done and got a reading of 0. All good!
I used that water for a water change, then made a new batch of RO water in the basin. When it was full, I turned off the RO faucet and left it for 3 or 4 days. Today I came to do another water change and used that water. The way I was doing the water change was: scoop a 2-gallon bucket into the RO water basin. Mix a cup of salt into the bucket, siphon the bucket into the tank. Then I'd bring the same bucket back down and repeat.
Out of curiosity, I tested the TDS after I'd already done a couple bucketfuls of water. The TDS in the RO water basin read at 105. By the time I was done the water change, the RO basin water was reading over 400 TDS. So is it safe to assume that the ridiculous TDS jump is just from me contaminating the RO basin water with some salt residue by using the same bucket that I mixed in the salt?
Thanks!