With our Hard Water Test kit you will be able
to monitor the hardness of your water on a regular
basis because you get 100 tests. You won't have to
make assumptions and suffer a big plumbing bill
later or have to replace a washer or other water
appliance before you need to. Yes hardness in water is a big problem for any home
owner who has to deal with it, but especially for
those who have invested in an alkaline water
ionizer. We recently opened a Leveluk SD501 and it
was completely clogged with calcium which cause no
water to pass through the system. It took fully two
days to clean the machine. Hardness in water is
mainly due to the presence of Calcium and Magnesium
ions and each contributes to the amount of total
hardness. Monitoring and controlling hardness is
absolutely essential in order to prevent scaling and
corrosion and the destruction of your water ionizer.
Is Your Water Hard?
Water is categorized as very soft (0-70 mg/L), soft
(70-150 mg/L), slightly hard (150-250 mg/L),
moderately hard (250-320 mg/L), hard (320-420 mg/L)
and very hard (420 mg/L and above), according to the
hardness scale. Our hard water test kit cover all
of these ranges. If you have hard water you need to
take steps to control the damage it can cause to
your pipes and water appliances. Anyone planning on
buying a water ionizer should test their water for
hardness. If your water is hard, you need to buy an
ionizer that allows the use of a
citric acid cleaning cartridge to help reduce
calcium build up in your machine. Customers with
hard water should also install the
Magnetizer Hard Water Conditioner magnets.
Understanding HARDNESS in drinking water.
As mentioned above hard water is high in dissolved
the minerals
calcium and magnesium. As water flows through soil
and rock, it dissolves small amounts of these
naturally-occurring minerals and carries them into
the ground water supply. Water is a great solvent
for calcium and magnesium, so if the minerals are
present in the soil around your well and its water
supply, you can end up with hard water.
Hard water interferes with almost every cleaning
task, from doing the laundry to washing dishes to
taking a shower. Clothes can look dingy and feel
rough and scratchy. Dishes and glasses get spotted
and a film may build up on shower doors, bathtubs,
sinks and faucets. Washing your hair in hard water
may leave it feeling sticky and dull. Finally, hard
water can cause a residue to build-up in pipes that
can lower water pressure throughout the house.
What are the health effects of Hardness?
Hardness does not pose a health risk and is not
regulated by state or federal agencies. In fact,
calcium and magnesium in your drinking water can
help ensure you get the average daily requirements
for these minerals in your diet. An alkaline water
ionizer needs these minerals in the water to
actually do its miraculous job of making alkaline
and antioxidant water.
However hard water can damage your ionizer over
time. You should monitor the hardness of your water
and make sure that the steps you are taking are
effective. Hard water can also be a nuisance due to the mineral
buildup on plumbing fixtures and poor soap and
detergent performance. It often causes aesthetic
problems, such as build-up of scale on
pipes and fixtures than can lead to lower water
pressure; build-up of deposits on dishes, utensils
and laundry basins; difficulty in getting soap and
detergent to foam; and lowered efficiency of
electric water heaters.
Hard Water Test Kit Details
Our Hard Water Test Kit tests the hardness level as
mg/L (ppm) calcium carbonate, via an EDTA (ethylene-diamine-tetraacetic
acid) titration.
The Hard Water Test kit comes with 30 mL hardness buffer,
10 mL calmagite indicator, 120 mL EDTA solution, 20
mL plastic beaker with cap, 50 mL plastic beaker
with cap and 1 mL syringe with tip
Specifications:
Method: Titration
Range: 0.0-30.0 mg/L - 0-300 mg/L
Smallest Increment: 0.3 mg/L - 3 mg/L
Chemical Method: EDTA
Number of Tests: 100
Weight: 460 g
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