Salifert Kit, no change in colour

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Re: Salifert Kit, no change in colour

Post by Eric » Fri Mar 07, 2014 11:41 am

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I on the other hand had a lower reading from 'that source' than my water authority's figure.
Nice one Dave, so their findings maybe less consistent than I thought.
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Re: Salifert Kit, no change in colour

Post by Dave S » Fri Mar 07, 2014 12:54 pm

Eric wrote:
Dave S wrote:
I on the other hand had a lower reading from 'that source' than my water authority's figure.
Nice one Dave, so their findings maybe less consistent than I thought.
Seems so, Eric, though to be fair they were having hardware problems that they say have since been resolved. We need to keep an eye on it. To be honest I'm reasonably happy with taking alkalinity measurements and my WA's analysis, though I might send another sample off at some point just for good measure.
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Re: Salifert Kit, no change in colour

Post by Mr. Dripping » Fri Mar 07, 2014 1:36 pm

Alkalinity can vary a great deal depending on a number of factors.
Heavy rainfall or drought conditions or any circumstance that means a water authority needs to draw water from non-usual sources will give variability.

FWIW, I have sent two samples to the 'other source', one came back with what I considered to be an erroneous result...attributed to aforementioned equipment issues. The second one in very much in line with my water company report and what I test with the Salifert kit.
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Re: Salifert Kit, no change in colour

Post by MashTim » Sat Mar 08, 2014 12:51 am

Dave S wrote:
Eric wrote:
Dave S wrote:
I on the other hand had a lower reading from 'that source' than my water authority's figure.
Nice one Dave, so their findings maybe less consistent than I thought.
Seems so, Eric, though to be fair they were having hardware problems that they say have since been resolved. We need to keep an eye on it. To be honest I'm reasonably happy with taking alkalinity measurements and my WA's analysis, though I might send another sample off at some point just for good measure.
Well that's annoying to find out that 'they' have been having problems, £15 test potentially wasted and a few months of pulling my hair out trying to work out what was wrong with the mash, luckily my beers turned out OK.
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Re: Salifert Kit, no change in colour

Post by Dave S » Sat Mar 08, 2014 10:04 am

MashTim wrote: Well that's annoying to find out that 'they' have been having problems, £15 test potentially wasted and a few months of pulling my hair out trying to work out what was wrong with the mash, luckily my beers turned out OK.
I have to say that, apart from the low alkalinity figure, the rest of the analysis from 'the other source' seemed reasonable and compared well with my WA's figures.

I would be interested in hearing of recent cases.
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Re: Salifert Kit, no change in colour

Post by sllimeel » Sat Mar 08, 2014 10:57 am

Dave S wrote:I would be interested in hearing of recent cases.
waiting to get my report back. will update, as i will brew with the result this week, hopefully!
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Re: Salifert Kit, no change in colour

Post by Dave S » Sat Mar 08, 2014 11:50 am

sllimeel wrote:
Dave S wrote:I would be interested in hearing of recent cases.
waiting to get my report back. will update, as i will brew with the result this week, hopefully!
Great, any others?
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Re: Salifert Kit, no change in colour

Post by sllimeel » Mon Mar 10, 2014 8:51 pm

sllimeel wrote:
Dave S wrote:I would be interested in hearing of recent cases.
waiting to get my report back. will update, as i will brew with the result this week, hopefully!
Got my report: The salifert reading i took before sending off my water for testing was 136. The report shows it at 138, so bang on!
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Re: Salifert Kit, no change in colour

Post by Dave S » Tue Mar 11, 2014 9:48 am

sllimeel wrote:
sllimeel wrote:
Dave S wrote:I would be interested in hearing of recent cases.
waiting to get my report back. will update, as i will brew with the result this week, hopefully!
Got my report: The salifert reading i took before sending off my water for testing was 136. The report shows it at 138, so bang on!
That's very good to hear.
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