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Re: KH measurements - what units?



> Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 19:31:53 -0700
> From: Joe Reiter <jreiter at bigfoot_com>
> Subject: KH measurements - what units?
> 
> My KH/GH test kit measures (if I recall) mg/L of KH.  This means that I 
> get results of numbers like 60.  However, it seems that everything I 
> read refers to a KH of single digit numbers, like 6.  What is this 
> number, and can I convert my mg/L readings into this?  (for handy uses 
> such as finding the CO2 concentration based on KH and pH... all the 
> charts seem to use the single digit KH measurement)
> - -joe


Thanks to those who replied privately via email.  It looks like I just 
take my mg/L measurements of KH (and GH?) and divide by 17.8 to get the 
"old" style measurement.
-joe