ORP meters are made to be left on with the probe in the water and give good
(stable) readings after about a week. The exact number is not important, just how it
varies from day to day. Mine drops by about 50 from morning to night. If it is way low
then you know something not nice is happening in your tank.
Bob
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neptune [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 2:14 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: ORP
>
>
> Hmmm....I would give them a call then. I doubt that your new
> probes could
> be bad. They are really nice people to deal with. I have called them
> several times for help. You may need a ground loop isolator,
> but they would
> know for sure.
>
> Craig
>
> > Thanks. I remember emails going around addressing this some
> time ago and
> > someone (probably you) had mentioned bad probes. That is
> why I bought new
> > ones. This ORP probe is the second new one I bought, and
> the pH is brand
> new
> > (the old one was only 5 months old) as well (so is the temp for that
> > matter). I have pretty much ruled out the probes being bad.
> Do you still
> > think that is it? Do you know of any other conditions which
> may cause
> these
> > weird readings, or are there any other things I can do to
> correct the
> > situation beyond replacing the entire unit ( I do have one of the
> > originals)?
> >
> > TIA,
> > Shane C.
>
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