pH keeps climbing in tap water

The problem is that I can't use a ph meter in distilled or RO water, so I wouldn't be able to measure the ph.

What do you mean you cant use your pH meter in distilled water? I thought distilled water was commonly used for pH meters to calibrate them because it has a pH of 7.0?

doniawon said:

the mr. clean in not reverse osmosis... so no..
there is a purifier like a britta type but larger selling at home depot right now.. i think its called zero pure .. but it comes with a free ppm digi stick.. the thing kicks the shit out of my sunleave ec probe.. anyway they are giving the ppm away to prove that their filter reduces all tap to 000... if your scandalous you can easily open the box get the ppm reader,, but who doesnt need a bad ass filter... i think its 70 bucks all together

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You got a link for this? I can be scandalous...

SenorSanteria said:

What do you mean you cant use your pH meter in distilled water? I thought distilled water was commonly used for pH meters to calibrate them because it has a pH of 7.0?

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Senor, after reading a few posts up from JohnnyPotSeed1969 about not being able to use his ph meter with distilled water, I called the manufacturer of my ph tester. They said that it will wreck the probe if you use it with distilled or RO water.

So I have done two things. 1) In one of my buckets, I put a very low level of nutes, to see if the ph buffers in the nutes help to stabilize the ph. 2) In the other bucket, I put distilled water, with H2O2, corrected to 5.6, if it wrecks the probe then it wrecks the probe fuck it.

Let's see which one works.

no link senior.. just go to home depot and look in the isle with the water filters... zero pure water cooler purifier there is a picture of the meter on the box.. open it and get you some .. i might have done this.. my computers all ate up so i cant look for links for you sorry..