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Operator Training: Using a TDS and pH Handheld Meter for HVAC and Steam Boiler Water Testing
How to use, calibrate and read a handheld TDS and pH meter for hydronic and steam boiler water, and what the readings mean.
Draft. The full step-by-step procedure is being carried over from the previous site and will replace this summary.
A handheld TDS (total dissolved solids) and pH meter is the quickest check an operator can make on a water system. This procedure covers calibration, sampling from hydronic loops and steam boilers, temperature compensation, reading the meter, and the ranges that show a system is on target or drifting.
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