aquavitro salinity

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by mrhasan

Do you dose?

My driveway?? No..

[Proteus]

Salinity is garbage. The big three do not match the " lab analysist".
I was in talks with them and there costomer service seems to be headed by idiots

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by Proteus

Salinity is garbage. The big three do not match the " lab analysist".
I was in talks with them and there costomer service seems to be headed by idiots

They use many fancy terms to keep up with the "customer service".

[Proteus]

Not sure if you recall but a while back myself and a few others had batches with ca over 600 and mg below 1000

When I contacted them the insisted that I was mixing my water wrong and suggested I take the powerheads and heater out of my mix tub. To which I replied weather I should do the same in my DT. They refused to admit there analytical was wrong

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by Proteus

Not sure if you recall but a while back myself and a few others had batches with ca over 600 and mg below 1000

When I contacted them the insisted that I was mixing my water wrong and suggested I take the powerheads and heater out of my mix tub. To which I replied weather I should do the same in my DT. They refused to admit there analytical was wrong

Yah they generally don't want to admit their fault. Like I was able to convince them that mg in one of their batch is below their threshold (they tested their lot sample and found the label on the lot is wrong) so atleast I had some success with them

About their heater issue, although they present it in a wrong way but the concept, to me, is sound. I don't like mixing salt with heater in it because of calcium precipitation. I generally bring the water to room temperature with heater, take it out and then mix the salt. Some salt dissolves in lesser time so having the heater in the bucket will not cause precipitation during mixing but some (like salinity) takes a long time to mix and hence precipitation occurs since heater changes the temperature quicker than the salt can mix.

[MitchM]

Brad,
Doesn't using salt on your driveway bother your dog's feet?
I'm hesitant using salt on our steps because I don't want the dogs getting it on their paws.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by MitchM

Brad,
Doesn't using salt on your driveway bother your dog's feet?
I'm hesitant using salt on our steps because I don't want the dogs getting it on their paws.

No, and typically the dogs go out the side door, not the front steps where most of the salt goes. And I figure once it melts, it washes away.

[Proteus]

Originally Posted by mrhasan

About their heater issue, although they present it in a wrong way but the concept, to me, is sound. I don't like mixing salt with heater in it because of calcium precipitation. I generally bring the water to room temperature with heater, take it out and then mix the salt. Some salt dissolves in lesser time so having the heater in the bucket will not cause precipitation during mixing but some (like salinity) takes a long time to mix and hence precipitation occurs since heater changes the temperature quicker than the salt can mix.

I like to have my water at 79/80 before I add it to my DT. Also the results were not after dumping salt in. I checked multiple times after mixing

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by Proteus

I like to have my water at 79/80 before I add it to my DT. Also the results were not after dumping salt in. I checked multiple times after mixing

Yah I also add the mixed water around 76 (my DT remains at 78). Once heated up, it doesn't seem to go below due to the ambient temperature.