Changed? Haven't had mine long, but it's got three bottles, although one is a small vial of crystals, which I could imagine them putting in a sachet now? Marked "Ca-1, they are the "indicator" (use the tiny spoon measure). There's a sodium hydroxide soln. conditioner (dropper bottle) "Ca-2." And the "reagent" "Ca-3". The latter is the important one you must be particularly precise with, hence the 1ml syringe. You have to be precise measuring out the water for testing too, hence the bigger syringe for that. But your problems may not end with lack of instruction:
I know you! We've chatted on this forum recently. And I know your water authority puts out an analysis that's particularly Cr... ! But particularly interesting too. They say a very low Calcium content, which the test kit can't measure (unless that's why it's changed!). They describe using a "low resolution" method, halve the water quantity and double the result. I did it the other way, twice the water (and x2 the indicator and conditioner) and halve the final result. Got just over 20ppm from it, 24ppm being imaginative reading the graduations of the 1ml syringe. You had better hope they have changed the kit, or, that the water authority is putting out seriously inaccurate measurements! 30.33ppm I believe they say.
The easy other option! It's the 18th September. Neil @ Phoenix Analytical (
Phoenix Analytical) runs his next batch of water tests on 28th September. Can you get a bottle to him? Postage will be about £3.
I'll pay Neil's fees! ... well, I did say I find your water "interestings", and I'll obviously want a copy of the results too.
