Water Testing equipment

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#1

Originally Posted By: jmyers
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does anyone have any qxperience with the “pen” size water tester in the Professional Equipment catalog?


For $30 it seems like you can not go wrong.


Joe Myers

#2

Originally Posted By: rkuntz
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Joe


Have you tried this water tester yet?

How about some feedback on what other inspectors are doing for water testing. I am putting on too many miles running samples to the lab.

Thanks

Ron K

#3

Originally Posted By: chorne
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Hi Ron,


Try Hometest/Mets lab. They are in Waldorf Md.

www.hometest.com

Carla

#4

Originally Posted By: jmyers
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Ron,


I was not going to use this as the official decison on whether it had bacteria, just as a quickie. I would still send the water to the lab for analysis and wait for the official results for the report.

If you buy one let me know what you think.

Joe Myers

#5

Originally Posted By: tpfleiderer
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Joe,


I have purchased one of these water test pens. What it does is gives you a number value (0 to 60 is pure water, 60 to 200 is drinkable water, 200 to 300 is advise to boil before drinking, 300 and over do not drink). I have tested different bottled waters that you buy from the store and only about 50% of them test under 200. It does not tell you why or what is in the water.

Tim Pfleiderer ![icon_rolleyes.gif](upload://iqxt7ABYC2TEBomNkCmZARIrQr6.gif)

#6

Originally Posted By: gbeaumont
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Hi Tim, welcome to our boards,


Thanks for the post i was wondering what those pens did,


Many thanks

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#7

Originally Posted By: jmyers
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Tim,


Thanks for the information on that pen style water tester. That is pretty disappointing.

I actually read a while back that some of the bottled water you buy comes right from the city water supply. If you ever get a chance to drink the water here is Phoenixville you could really understand how those results came back over 200! Phoenixville has got to have the worlds worst water, second place would go to Harrisburg where I used to live.

Thanks again for the information. Now we all know! ![icon_biggrin.gif](upload://iKNGSw3qcRIEmXySa8gItY6Gczg.gif)

Joe Myers

#8

Originally Posted By: nelliot
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Do any of you fine people use a suretest circuit analyzer? Is it money well spent? I have one on my list of handy dandy gadgets(must have). Any feedback is appreciated. icon_eek.gif

#9

Originally Posted By: gbeaumont
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Hi Noel


Welcome to the message board.


I use a sure tester and whilst I do not believe that it is an absolute neccesity I would not be without it, you can certainly find some problems with that tool that you would not easily find with a standard 3 light plug in, eg bootleg grounds and arc/load faults.

I still think they are rather expensive for what they do, but nothing else tells you so much.

Regards

Gerry

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#10

Originally Posted By: nelliot
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Thank you kind sir icon_smile.gif

#11

Originally Posted By: psabados
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Also they back their product warranty. Have been using one for 3 months, plugged it into the wall outlet and it went Pzzzzzpt. Have no idea what the problem was. Used a multi-meter to measure v.a.c and std tester for polarity. Took it back to my supply house and had it exchanged. It’s definitely great when looking for bootleg grounds



Paul Sabados
Accu-Pro Home Inspections
Olathe, Ks.

#12

Originally Posted By: nelliot
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Thank You


icon_idea.gif I think that I will ask Santa for one this year!