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03-05-2014, 07:22 PM
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Power head crust
Can anyone please tell me why my power heads that i use to mix my
ro
/
di
water with salt get a white crust on them?
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From mixing salt
It's normal don't worry
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Should i rinse the heads after im done so that will stop and not contaminate my next batch?
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Ya you can, I usually clean my mixing ph once every month or 2 or if it stops working. Salt creep will get everywhere in this hobby, and I guess the longer I do this the less it bothers me
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Ok all this started once i started to use
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/
Di
water. I never had this when i used faucet water. So i am trying to figure all this out
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