R O right versus test kit

[alsbeth]

Hi,just wondered if anybody could help,just filled new tank with R.O,left overnight ,heated with air stone added,added 1 teaspoon of ro right per gallon,just tested Gh with tetra test kit and got a reading of 0 gh.It says on the ro right not to add more than suggested levels even if test kit says other.So what shall i do ? cheers Alsbeth.
p.s i have a tds meter coming in the post

[Don_Lee]

I would recheck with a different test kit or wait for the TDS meter. Hard to imagine that there is truly no GH after that much RO Right is put in....

HTH,

Don ;D

[bmrin1]

Wait for the TDS meter. Test kits are not your best choice.
Brian

[alsbeth]

Hi, meter has arrived,test kit showed between 0-1 dgh,meter showed 220ppm.so the test kit must have been dodgey.Its now in the bin.Cheers Alsbeth

Hi Alsbeth

I just wanted to make sure.

Typo regarding "added 1 teaspoon of ro right per gallon"

Right ? ;D

Ronald

Ronald I was thinking the same thing.....I hope Alsbeth means per 10 gallons


Randy

[alsbeth]

sorry guys,yes i only put 1 teaspoon per 10 gal, good job,think of the cost. cheers Alsbeth :D

[hunterbeav]

I just add tap water to my ro water to bring it up to 80 ppm tds. Is there a benifit to using ro right????? :)

[Carol_Roberts]

Some people have whole house water softeners or really, really bad water. Pure RO and a product like RO right is recommended in those cases.

The benefit if there is one could be:
I have no clue what is in the city water (well a bit I know)
and since I would have to go with a 80/20 or 90/10 R/O Tap ratio wich in my case is 30 gal RO and 10 Gal Tap I just decided to go the whole 9 yards and be sure no nastys are left. (I Hope) ???

For me R/O right is just the lazy way to recon. the R/O water. I could get the minerals cheaper and the make the same mix.
But as I said, I just went the easy way. :-[

Ronald