Recently I purchased and installed an automated Alk tester, to replace my manual daily test.
My daily test was conducted with a 0.1N HCl solution from Hanna, together with a Milwaukee MH102 pH meter with a stated accuracy of 0.02 pH. The titration was with 100ml of tank water using a 1ml syringe for the acid and usually used about 2.5 ml of acid to reach a pH of 4.5.
The auto testing gadget does the same however it uses the same acid diluted to 0.02N with a 50ml sample of tank water.
As it does the titration slowly and automagically I assume it will be more accurate.
I've attached a graph showing the daily Alk swing over one month as I find it interesting.
I have the doser automatically tweak the dosage if things go out of bounds but this is the best stability I could achieve.
I believe this shows the necessity of testing at the same time every day.
I have the control set at 7.75dkH
My daily test was conducted with a 0.1N HCl solution from Hanna, together with a Milwaukee MH102 pH meter with a stated accuracy of 0.02 pH. The titration was with 100ml of tank water using a 1ml syringe for the acid and usually used about 2.5 ml of acid to reach a pH of 4.5.
The auto testing gadget does the same however it uses the same acid diluted to 0.02N with a 50ml sample of tank water.
As it does the titration slowly and automagically I assume it will be more accurate.
I've attached a graph showing the daily Alk swing over one month as I find it interesting.
I have the doser automatically tweak the dosage if things go out of bounds but this is the best stability I could achieve.
I believe this shows the necessity of testing at the same time every day.
I have the control set at 7.75dkH
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