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The Yorkshireman

The Yorkshireman

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IC3 is right, go get the cunt back and tell him what I told you about chips being made from silicon so it's impossible for it to melt to the mobo.

He's having your pants down for a screen mate!

It'll take him 5 mins to pull the hard drive out and 20 more mins to get your shit off it, in return he gets a laptop that needs a new screen. The new screen will probably cost him about 20-30 quid, an hour to replace it and hey presto he's got a lappy he can flog for 200 sheets!
 
Don Gin and Ton

Don Gin and Ton

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so you dwc lads, whats the crack with the buffer shit, is it essential? i'm getting the impression i can't just wing it like i do in coco...
 
dura72

dura72

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ive got 2 packets of calibration powder, one at 6.8 and one at 4.01 why is there two different ones? why arent they both 6.8? also it says i should mix the entire pack with 250 ml of water...can this solution be kept or do i turf it and could i just use half the pack with 125ml of water? btw iv gota bottle of ph down thats never been opened but its out of date, will it still be of any use?
 
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IC3M4L3

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Don Gin and Ton said:
so you dwc lads, whats the crack with the buffer shit, is it essential? i'm getting the impression i can't just wing it like i do in coco...
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buffer is for the calibration of your ph pen don? u dont add it to the res or anything, only for making sure ur pen gives the rite reading, or am i on the wrong trackon what ur talking about

dura72 said:
ive got 2 packets of calibration powder, one at 6.8 and one at 4.01 why is there two different ones? why arent they both 6.8? also it says i should mix the entire pack with 250 ml of water...can this solution be kept or do i turf it and could i just use half the pack with 125ml of water? btw iv gota bottle of ph down thats never been opened but its out of date, will it still be of any use?
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some pens use dual calibration,, use the 6.8 one,, yeh u can keep the buffer,, but mines liquid not powdermmm follow the instructions and calibrate your pen to 6.8 then u know its bang on, throw it in bin mate i got heaps of buffer i can always sort u out if u need it.

ph down is a acid so out of date im unsure, but if its been unopened seal instact id say its orite..

chocolate weetabix,, yummmyyyy
 
dura72

dura72

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IC3M4L3 said:
some pens use dual calibration,, use the 6.8 one,, yeh u can keep the buffer,, but mines liquid not powdermmm follow the instructions and calibrate your pen to 6.8 then u know its bang on, throw it in bin mate i got heaps of buffer i can always sort u out if u need it.

ph down is a acid so out of date im unsure, but if its been unopened seal instact id say its orite..
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cheers mate , i'll just do it now and see what it says.
 
Don Gin and Ton

Don Gin and Ton

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yeah IC3 i know nixy about it to be honest, i've got the same pen as dura just got. was wondering as it's been sat for years, should i just use the sachet n see what happens?
 
The Yorkshireman

The Yorkshireman

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A thermometer come's in handy as well boy's.

The back of the sachets should tell you what PH the solution will be at different temps.

It can throw it out a bit if your water's quite cold, get some room temp going on.
 
dura72

dura72

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turns out the pen was calibrated perfectly and my tap water is 7.0..after i add my nutes it drops to 6.2...i tried adding some ph down, just a wee bit , but i musta put too much in coz it went to 3.1 so i just emptied it down the bog and i'll try again but with only a tiny drp of ph down. fuck me i only put a tiny bit in
 
The Yorkshireman

The Yorkshireman

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dura72 said:
turns out the pen was calibrated perfectly and my tap water is 7.0..after i add my nutes it drops to 6.2...i tried adding some ph down, just a wee bit , but i musta put too much in coz it went to 3.1 so i just emptied it down the bog and i'll try again but with only a tiny drp of ph down. fuck me i only put a tiny bit in
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How much water are you PH'ing Dura?

A 10 Litre bucket and you should be working with single drops of 'up and down' at a time, even less when it get's close.
 
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IC3M4L3

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dura72 said:
turns out the pen was calibrated perfectly and my tap water is 7.0..after i add my nutes it drops to 6.2...i tried adding some ph down, just a wee bit , but i musta put too much in coz it went to 3.1 so i just emptied it down the bog and i'll try again but with only a tiny drp of ph down. fuck me i only put a tiny bit in
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should have just used ph up matey,, i use a 10litre bucket and literaly its drops,, ul get used to it :)

don yeh ul need to calibrate the pen and maybe change th batteries or giv em a wiggle at least i did with mine

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PH pen instructions say's to use both powders in 4 steps to calibrate.

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na only on dual calibration pens, ive never used both with mine,, u calibrate it to 7 it will be rite,

they say calib to 7 then use the lower amount, if thats rite it confirms its working,, lol fuk that
 
dura72

dura72

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10 litre bucket, i'll pick up an eye dropper from the chemist the morra to help. tbh i'll have to leave the bucket fora cpl hours until it heats up a bit.
 
The Yorkshireman

The Yorkshireman

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dura72 said:
10 litre bucket, i'll pick up an eye dropper from the chemist the morra to help. tbh i'll have to leave the bucket fora cpl hours until it heats up a bit.
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An eye dropper might be too big mate, you want drops to fall at their natural size. If you push even a little bit it'll end up pissing you off as you'll be back and forth till it's right.

A few (3) cocktail sticks with the point bitten off are good, dip and drop. Once you suss out the size of the drop I mean you'll understand, smaller is better.
 
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