TDS in YVR?

604reefer · #1 04-23-2017, 06:33 AM

I finally got an inline TDS meter a couple weeks ago... the highest it's ever read on the IN is 6ppm, and it's always been 0 on OUT. Seems awfully low, I know we have great water but is that what most people are seeing? I'm in North Van.

Wheelman76 · #2 04-23-2017, 06:44 AM

Where is the inline installed? , my 75gpd BRS 5 stage has a built in TDS , and always reads 1 or 2 for the IN , and 0 for the out. Pretty sure where the TDS meter is installed , it's reading the IN ,after all the filters and membrane , and the out is reading after the DI resin. So I know with mine , it doesn't tell me what the water TDS from the tap is.

Wheelman76 · #3 04-23-2017, 06:48 AM

I'm in north Vancouver as well , I also have a hand held TDS meter , maybe I'll go measure the tap water to see.

604reefer · #4 04-23-2017, 07:33 AM

I'm running a 4 stage vertex puratek with my IN reading directly out of the wall and OUT into the bucket

After what I read about other places in Canada and US it's good to know yours is the same, now I don't have to wonder. Most people seem lucky to get 6 after DI!

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Originally Posted by Wheelman76

Where is the inline installed? , my 75gpd BRS 5 stage has a built in TDS , and always reads 1 or 2 for the IN , and 0 for the out. Pretty sure where the TDS meter is installed , it's reading the IN ,after all the filters and membrane , and the out is reading after the DI resin. So I know with mine , it doesn't tell me what the water TDS from the tap is.

Bblinks · #5 04-23-2017, 07:35 AM

I am Coquitlam and tds is 11 in and usually 0 or 1 when the resin expires. Consider us lucky.

Galizio · #6 04-23-2017, 01:55 PM

I'm in Surrey and got 14 of the tap, also use 6 stages filter and came out to 0... but I can tell for sure that Surrey put chlorine in the water can totally smell it.
Us with city water are very lucky.

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Plainswalker · #7 04-25-2017, 05:03 AM

Richmond here. I measure TDS with a handheld meter and it averages 12 TDS in (0 out of course). Some people in the US especially are flabbergasted when I tell them that.

I suspect the closer you are to the source (North Shore mountains), the lower the TDS IN is.

kyl · #8 04-25-2017, 06:48 AM

The other worthwhile note is there are no Metro Vancouver cities using chloramine for disinfection.

patpare · #9 04-25-2017, 11:09 PM

Wow is wish my TDS out of the tap would be that low.
I'm in Regina and my hand held meter reads a wopping 485 and coming out I'm at 0.03.

straightrazorguy · #10 04-25-2017, 11:25 PM

1-2 in New West. Yes, our tap[ water has extremely low TDS.