Re: [APD] Do test kits work with RO water?

[Stuart Halliday <stuart at mytriops_com>]

I believe Jerry Baker wrote this email section below:
> Stuart Halliday wrote:
>> The answer was yes. Some test kits don't like RO water.
> 
> Without additional information this doesn't make sense from a chemistry 
> perspective. There is no qualitative difference between R/O water and 
> other pure water. Perhaps their test relies on some other ions in the 
> water which are presumably absent in pure water. If this is the case, it 
> won't matter after being in the tank for a while because it will have 
> all kinds of stuff dissolved in it.
> 

My view too.

If I come across the paragraph I'll try to remember to post it.

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Stuart Halliday
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