Let me start by saying that chemistry is a foreign language to me. Yes I've read several of Randy's articles and quite a few posts here on the forums but I'm still trying to figure it out lol.
I know Randy says between 7-11dkh, but if my ALK is 7 one day, and 11 the next, is that ok or too much of a variance or what's considered too much of a variance? I see some people choosing a number in between Randy's recommendations and striving to stay as close to that number as they can. Then I seen comments about trying to match your salt. Well I am currently using IO but will probably switch to Fritz soon. I read IO usually ends up with the ALK being between 10-11. But then I seen one of those poll threads and I think the majority of people were keeping their ALK around 8.5.
I know Randy says between 7-11dkh, but if my ALK is 7 one day, and 11 the next, is that ok or too much of a variance or what's considered too much of a variance? I see some people choosing a number in between Randy's recommendations and striving to stay as close to that number as they can. Then I seen comments about trying to match your salt. Well I am currently using IO but will probably switch to Fritz soon. I read IO usually ends up with the ALK being between 10-11. But then I seen one of those poll threads and I think the majority of people were keeping their ALK around 8.5.