I must be simple how does a brita (charcoal filter) add salts?
@BS,
like i said before i use a small water aquarium pump about 15€ they probably cheap everywhwere.
i did had some problems with my plants as well when they were vegging. the leaf turned yellow on me so i bought bottled water with high in Mag. and Cal. and the plants turned out great after all.
after they recovered i bubbled water again and always added some drops ph-down and the whole grow went just fine and iam smoking great weed since then.
I must be simple how does a brita (charcoal filter) add salts?
Where do you get your info? This is not a water softener for washing machines, it is for producing drinkable water.brita and other drinking water filters add salt..
Sorry but what you're doing now is repeating other bs that is wrongYep.
Your best bet is an R/O filter with a booster pump. You'll get a higher flow rate and clean/waste water rate. The total ppm will also drop. I'll keep repeating this in R/O threads until people 'get' it and stop repeating R/O b.s. that's wrong.
For real? I used one of the standalone brita filters in the beginning of my first grow, took my base EC from 0.5 to 0.25. How is this possible?
EC stands for Electrical Conductivity... not all things conduct electricity.
I'm sure you can figure out the rest, right?
Stay Safe!
they work for a minute and then fail hard
go Reverse Osmosis
Someone stated Brita ADDS salts, all salts are conducting in water... if IRC. Hence my confusion.EC stands for Electrical Conductivity... not all things conduct electricity.
I'm sure you can figure out the rest, right?
Stay Safe!
Where do you get your info? This is not a water softener for washing machines, it is for producing drinkable water.
"What is the difference between a water softener and a water filter?
Water softeners are usually plumbed into the mains water system and are used to remove temporary hardness from the water to prevent limescale build up in household appliances such as washing machines. Water softeners do use a form of ion exchange resin but this is regenerated in the household using common salt (sodium chloride). In this way the calcium ions in the temporary hardness are replaced with sodium ions, thereby increasing the sodium content of the water. Due to the increased sodium it is not recommended that sodium softened water is used for drinking, cooking or food preparation. A separate tap with untreated water should be provided. "
"Ion exchange resins exist in the form of cation exchange resins and anion exchange resins. The BRITA water filter cartridge is filled with cation exchangers. These replace positively charged ions such as calcium, magnesium, lead or copper with positively charged hydrogen ions. Anion exchange resins replace negatively charged ions from tap water (e.g. nitrate, sulphate and phosphate) with negatively charged chloride or hydroxide ions. These are primarily used as nitrate filters. "
"BRITA cartridges contain a combination of ion exchange resin and activated carbon. The carbon absorbs chlorine, pesticides and organic pollutants, improves taste, and eliminates odours and discoloration. It also contains an inhibitor that prevents bacterial growth. The ion exchange resin removes the temporary hardness, which causes limescale; it also significantly reduces levels of metals such as copper and lead. "
No sodium added, just hydrogen. Their claim that potted plants and flower cuttings survive longer with Brita filtered water also would make no sense if it added sodium, any buildup would kill the plants fast.
Sorry but what you're doing now is repeating other bs that is wrong
Because minerals were removed!
I thought all ions conduct elecricity. So if it's replacing each Ca2+ ion for two Na+ ions as you claim why is the EC going down?
Is there some RO lobby here convincing people they have to shell out serious cash to get decent water? Somebody got shares?
I don't claim to be an expert on the topic but it's kind of retarded that pro-RO people are against any other method.
Fully RO'd water isn't even usable from what I've read, as Ph swings are hard to control in water that is 0 EC. So you have to mix in some tapwater to bump up the EC. But what if that tapwater contains nasty stuff like heavy metals or toxins. Maybe a britta(the carbon filter part) could remove that stuff first, before you mix it with your pure water.
I don't have an EC meter but my water goes from pH 7.6 to 6.8, it tastes better and I did a succesful grow on it, so there's a lot of bs in this thread.
Fully RO'd water isn't even usable from what I've read, as Ph swings are hard to control in water that is 0 EC. So you have to mix in some tapwater to bump up the EC.
STFU!From what you've read by morons. I've seen this same statement so many times over the last decade it makes me want to scream. Ignorance is really persistent.
Gee, pH drops work perfectly... never seen any fluctuations in the color when reading plain R/O.
Who pH's their stuff BEFORE they add nutes anyway? As soon as you add the nutes, the pH readings on a meter are rock stable. Anyone 'adding tap' to make R/O easier to read is following ignorant advice.
And yes.... sorry to burst your ideas based on what you've 'read' but a booster pump DOES increase the output speed, drop the tds and lower the amount of waste.
Now... would you care to speak from 'experience' instead? Go get it first.
Stay Safe!
Edit: I was wrong about the brita filter... apparently they 'do not' add salts. Personally, I don't like the taste... at least not from the tap-water around here. They also don't give me the same R/O lack of tds that I know how to work with so well.