Can U Buy Distilled Water

[rocknurworld2006]

can u buy distilled wtaer in the supermarket?

 

[smegforbrains]

You can buy de-ionised water. It's marketed for steam irons.


Why?

 

[rocknurworld2006]

You can buy de-ionised water. It's marketed for steam irons.


Why?

its to calibrate my new refractometer

 

[kenny fish fanatic]

can u buy distilled wtaer in the supermarket?

halfords,or any motorists shops

 

[saz326]

can u buy distilled wtaer in the supermarket?

halfords,or any motorists shops

yep - seconded. They use it to top old car batteries (old type wet bateries) and to top up engine coolent if anly a small top-up is needed.

 

[rocknurworld2006]

can u buy distilled wtaer in the supermarket?

halfords,or any motorists shops

yep - seconded. They use it to top old car batteries (old type wet bateries) and to top up engine coolent if anly a small top-up is needed.

nope cant get any at halfords they dont stock it anymore.

is there anything else i can use to calibrate refractometer?

 

[adamgreen240]

Not sure, would R.O work?

 

[three-fingers]

De-ionised should work fine shouldn't it?

Dunno if it helps, but I've gotten distilled water from someone who works at a dentists in the past, if you know anyone you who works in a dentists you could ask them .

 

[Dorkhedeos]

This is a good article http/reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-06/rhf/index.php

 

[smithrc]

If you have a refractometer - I'll assume that your using it for a marine setup - or at least a brackish setup...

If that's the case what are you going to be mixing your salt into?

You should ideally be using RO (or DI or distilled) so that you don't have any contaminates in the water to start with...
And if you think about it literally, the reason that you need to calibrate with RO is because the same contaminates will throw off the reading.
so if you calibrate using RO then use it to measure salt mix in tap water you may see errors in the reading...

does that make sense?

 

[rocknurworld2006]

If you have a refractometer - I'll assume that your using it for a marine setup - or at least a brackish setup...

If that's the case what are you going to be mixing your salt into?

You should ideally be using RO (or DI or distilled) so that you don't have any contaminates in the water to start with...
And if you think about it literally, the reason that you need to calibrate with RO is because the same contaminates will throw off the reading.
so if you calibrate using RO then use it to measure salt mix in tap water you may see errors in the reading...

does that make sense?

uve lost me now lol