ALK reading on Checker

[snowmansnow]

ok.. so i'm testing my new Hanna Checker ALK checker , but i'm confused as to how to read the results.

I want 8-10 alk reading,

the conversion in the instructions is

1ppm CaCo3 = 0.02 meq/L
= 0.56 dkh..

So...

les say I get a reading of 100 (just to make it easy) and I'm going for dkh.

I will multiply 10 x .56 to get 5.6 dkh?

Doesn't make sense any other way to me...

pls advise and ask any questions to clear this up.

Thanks.

B

Edit: OR.. les say i get another reading of 100....

do i divide by 10.0 to get a dkh of 10? ... why do easy conversions confuse me so much.... I'm a musician ! not a 3rd grader!

Edit: ok DUH

the conversion is .056

SO i'll multiply say ... 100 x .056 and get the correct reading in DKH

 

[lilrobb]

Yup,
You figured it, and if you want meq/l the conversion is x0.02

 

[snowmansnow]

BTW I checked this against my Elos kit and it is within .3 or .4 of the reading.

 

[sharkbait]

Those testers seem great. I just can't justify the 50 for them when I have my seachem test kit. I can live with not having an instant answer.

 

[atlorange]

SnowManSnow;615386 wrote: ok.. so i'm testing my new Hanna Checker ALK checker , but i'm confused as to how to read the results.

I want 8-10 alk reading,

the conversion in the instructions is

1ppm CaCo3 = 0.02 meq/L
= 0.56 dkh..

So...

les say I get a reading of 100 (just to make it easy) and I'm going for dkh.

I will multiply 10 x .56 to get 5.6 dkh?

Doesn't make sense any other way to me...

pls advise and ask any questions to clear this up.

Thanks.

B

Edit: OR.. les say i get another reading of 100....

do i divide by 10.0 to get a dkh of 10? ... why do easy conversions confuse me so much.... I'm a musician ! not a 3rd grader!

Edit: ok DUH

the conversion is .056

SO i'll multiply say ... 100 x .056 and get the correct reading in DKH

I just used mine yesterday. I really like it. It was right on with my API and Ocean Master test kits.

 

[snowmansnow]

ya. the upfront cost is a lil more than a test kit ( NOT MUCH REALLY), and the reagents are WAAAY cheaper than test kits, so I see this actually saving money after a lil while