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Originally Posted by Invigor
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Originally Posted by rickjames
If you mix IO with RO/DI water you end up with about 330 ppm calcium, depending on the specific gravity of the water, and a lower alkalinity.
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I've found that too -- I'm not getting a good reading with IO and ro/di..very low in Ca and Alk. |
Ditto! - Now I mix my RO/DI with Kent Osmoprep then with Kent Salt and I get 420 ppm Ca+ and 11 dKH... IO was 360 and 7 ... and 330 and about 5 with straight RO/DI... 
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11-18-2005, 10:56 AM
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