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Old 04-09-2010, 09:50 PM
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Originally Posted by wayner View Post
Just switched to this Test kit for Alk - instead of using 5 ml of water in the tube, can I use 2.5 ml in the tube and that would make it 1 drop = 1 DKH?

so, 2.5ml of water - add 8 drops, get color change - alk = 8dkh

Thanks, I flunked chemistry.
That is also what I do with that kit, good way to stretch out the kit and make it last longer.

If you use the MG Elos test kit, cutting things in half doesn't seem to be accurate for that one though, I found mixed results trying to stretch the MG kit, so I just do what it says.
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