Comments on: Can Calcium Build-Up Affect a Water Ionizer’s Performance? http://alkalinewaterplus.info/blog/2009/04/01/water-ionizer-maintenance-3/ Healthy? Naturally!...with Alkaline Ionized Water! Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:38:41 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Cathleen LoGrasso http://alkalinewaterplus.info/blog/2009/04/01/water-ionizer-maintenance-3/#comment-886 Cathleen LoGrasso Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:15:27 +0000 http://alkalinewaterplus.info/blog/?p=32#comment-886 Beth, The green pH ORP meter is called a Hanna Combo, and I got it on Ebay. I am not sure about anything better than this for testing pH and ORP, but I've been happy with this. I really like it, but let me tell you something you have to do to keep it working well...you have to store it in acidic water below 3.0. If you get that level of acidic water from your ionizer, perfect. Otherwise, the suggested solution is Coca Cola (which is supposedly the most acidic beverage) and change it out every few days. These meters take constant soaking in acidic solution. Then before you use it, soak it in alkaline water for a few min. to clean off the acidity, so you get a good/accurate reading. Yes, you should theoretically calibrate it, to really know it's accurate, but I don't do that. You can get a 7.0 neutral solution from a scientific supply company and periodically check it for a 7.0 value. As far as ORP goes, the tech guys at the Jupiter warehouse say that negative ORP is a tricky thing for these ORP meters to be 100% accurate on, so make sure you keep them clean (soaked in acidic solution below 3.0 pH) at all times and they should be accurate enough. One more thing to consider is: never compare one person's test results with another's. Their meters are probably not exactly the same callibration unless they're scientists. So, they can compare things all with the same meter, but don't mix-n-match people's tests. Beth,
The green pH ORP meter is called a Hanna Combo, and I got it on Ebay. I am not sure about anything better than this for testing pH and ORP, but I’ve been happy with this. I really like it, but let me tell you something you have to do to keep it working well…you have to store it in acidic water below 3.0. If you get that level of acidic water from your ionizer, perfect. Otherwise, the suggested solution is Coca Cola (which is supposedly the most acidic beverage) and change it out every few days. These meters take constant soaking in acidic solution. Then before you use it, soak it in alkaline water for a few min. to clean off the acidity, so you get a good/accurate reading. Yes, you should theoretically calibrate it, to really know it’s accurate, but I don’t do that. You can get a 7.0 neutral solution from a scientific supply company and periodically check it for a 7.0 value. As far as ORP goes, the tech guys at the Jupiter warehouse say that negative ORP is a tricky thing for these ORP meters to be 100% accurate on, so make sure you keep them clean (soaked in acidic solution below 3.0 pH) at all times and they should be accurate enough.
One more thing to consider is: never compare one person’s test results with another’s. Their meters are probably not exactly the same callibration unless they’re scientists. So, they can compare things all with the same meter, but don’t mix-n-match people’s tests.

]]> By: beth berg http://alkalinewaterplus.info/blog/2009/04/01/water-ionizer-maintenance-3/#comment-804 beth berg Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:03:30 +0000 http://alkalinewaterplus.info/blog/?p=32#comment-804 to Cathleen LoGrassos -- i REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR INFORMATIVE WEBSItE, including VIDEOS! we have just put in a Jupiter Athena (under the sink model) and want to regularly test pH and ORP -- what brand of pH /ORP meter -- the green one in the video -- do you use? prefer? is it better to get separate pH and ORP meters? is calibration needed? THANK YOU, beth to Cathleen LoGrassos — i REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR INFORMATIVE WEBSItE, including VIDEOS!

we have just put in a Jupiter Athena (under the sink model) and want to regularly test pH and ORP — what brand of pH /ORP meter — the green one in the video — do you use? prefer?
is it better to get separate pH and ORP meters?
is calibration needed?
THANK YOU,
beth

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