My pH has been very buggy recently. I even replaced my pH probe since it was over 1 year old. I recieved a new probe from Roberto, calibrated it with some calibration fluids that I bought off Amazon and they put the probe in the tank on Saturday. See the attached, I think my heaters are having some impact on the reading.
The relay output below is the heaters, which is strange since the Ph probe is upstairs in the DT while the heaters are both in the basement sump. I figured they should be somewhat isolated systems but I guess that there is a solid column of water in both the siphon and return while the main pump is running.
I'll try moving the pH probe around, I'll try the overflow next. I want to nail this down soon since my calcium reactor arrives this week!
Noisy pH
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Your heater may have a voltage leak. That will cause a false low pH reading.
--Colin
--Colin
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Both heaters are completely submerged. I'll relocate them to a vertical position with only the glass parts covered in water and see what happens.cosmith71 wrote:Your heater may have a voltage leak. That will cause a false low pH reading.
--Colin
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Check all of your temp probes and float switches if you use them. They can leak voltage and cause this as well.
~Charlie
~Charlie
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Behaved as expected overnight. The slight rise overnight is due to a kalkwasser drip.
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How do you get those nice graphs? I am looking to purchase a RA but not sure how this all works. Do I need the WiFi module and the app to get those graphs you attached? Or re they some how accessible from the PC when I hook up tothe unit?mls228 wrote:My pH has been very buggy recently. I even replaced my pH probe since it was over 1 year old. I recieved a new probe from Roberto, calibrated it with some calibration fluids that I bought off Amazon and they put the probe in the tank on Saturday. See the attached, I think my heaters are having some impact on the reading.
The relay output below is the heaters, which is strange since the Ph probe is upstairs in the DT while the heaters are both in the basement sump. I figured they should be somewhat isolated systems but I guess that there is a solid column of water in both the siphon and return while the main pump is running.
I'll try moving the pH probe around, I'll try the overflow next. I want to nail this down soon since my calcium reactor arrives this week!
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Those are from the Portal or the smart phone app, which does require the wifi attachment.
Roberto.
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I gotta say that the Reef Angel has been the best investment I've made. It handles so much of the day to day tasks and saves costly mistakes and allows you to enjoy the hobby more.g6gang wrote:How do you get those nice graphs? I am looking to purchase a RA but not sure how this all works. Do I need the WiFi module and the app to get those graphs you attached? Or re they some how accessible from the PC when I hook up tothe unit?mls228 wrote:My pH has been very buggy recently. I even replaced my pH probe since it was over 1 year old. I recieved a new probe from Roberto, calibrated it with some calibration fluids that I bought off Amazon and they put the probe in the tank on Saturday. See the attached, I think my heaters are having some impact on the reading.
The relay output below is the heaters, which is strange since the Ph probe is upstairs in the DT while the heaters are both in the basement sump. I figured they should be somewhat isolated systems but I guess that there is a solid column of water in both the siphon and return while the main pump is running.
I'll try moving the pH probe around, I'll try the overflow next. I want to nail this down soon since my calcium reactor arrives this week!