PH Meter Broken... Again SMH

Most PH meters are not water proof. lol I broke my 4th one a couple of nights ago. In total I have spent ~ $140 on PH meters.

I always keep my ph meter in a separate glass and am careful not do anything over my res (learned this lesson before as well).

Anyway a couple of nights ago I was doing my normal routine and then leaned over my clones and took a step back... right into my PH Meter and cup, knocked the thing over and now it will not hold calibration. It just jumps around.

I have tried calibrating it every night the past three nights and have now given up (I can't trust the reading. i.e. I have a log book and cross reference where my PH should be at. It is way off not just a little). Luckily my hydro guy let me barrow his dropper while he orders me a waterproof one for $80 bucks.

Just sucks cause with everything that has broken already I can almost buy two of these things.

Please tell me I am not alone, lol.

No...not alone. I dropped one in my res. Then one stopped working, probably because was not storing it in de-ionized water (whatever the fuck that is).

I understand the newer ones have titanium probes and so are not so fragile.
JD

This might help with pH related issues or questions.
You are not alone. We have all been there.

https://www.rollitup.org/general-marijuana-growing/701733-lets-talk-about-ph-testing.html?highlight=lets+talk+about+pH

Here's a better one. Stop blaming "issues" on pH people! aka "ah cant take no mo'!

ProdigalSun said:

Here's a better one. Stop blaming "issues" on pH people! aka "ah cant take no mo'!

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That's a great post for soil and organic growers. But I don't think it really translates into Aero or hydro.

If i let my ph go out of whack for to long I will see bad results very quickly.

dont ever touch the bulb

Yea im on my 4th ph tool now.. Sucks.. Only dropped one in the rez the rest just simply cant be calibrated.

My newest one i payid 120$ for.. So i really take care of it

ThE sAtIvA hIgH said:

dont ever touch the bulb

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I use a small mason jar to keep it separate from the rez. One time I dropped one of the cheap yellow ones a little to hard... Bulb popped. Took me a few days to figure out why it wasn't reading correctly.

Eurohigh said:

Yea im on my 4th ph tool now.. Sucks.. Only dropped one in the rez the rest just simply cant be calibrated.

My newest one i payid 120$ for.. So i really take care of it

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Yup mine cam in today. About 80 bucks but it is water proof. No more stoned mishaps, lol.

You been storing your probe in a warm vagina? Sry couldn't resist.

Really I have had best luck with the cheap pen. The hanna, milwaukee, blue lab all gave me fits. Little cheap meter just keeps its calibration longer and probes last longer. Plus a whole pen is cheaper than a replacement probe for the others.

SnapsProvolone said:

You been storing your probe in a warm vagina? Sry couldn't resist.

Really I have had best luck with the cheap pen. The hanna, milwaukee, blue lab all gave me fits. Little cheap meter just keeps its calibration longer and probes last longer. Plus a whole pen is cheaper than a replacement probe for the others.

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A vagina that smells like Floralicous Plus. That shit stinks, lol

yktind said:

A vagina that smells like Floralicous Plus. That shit stinks, lol

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Yeah you won't catch any bone heads huffing floralicious