So based on information I have been receiving,
There is a way to convert these to figure out my waters' EC level.
I'm laying my thoughts out on a personal blog post and maybe someone
might benefit from this later on?
The thread below has some very useful information within:
to convert and understand, that you may find handy.
BELOW: 2 TDS-3 Pens in Purified & Tap Water.
Measuring the water EC will be useful for:
First lets define these abbreviations as they are puzzle pieces to this problem.
Converting Between TDS and EC Values
Again, this might sound complicated, and when you come to take readings, your testing meter will do this conversion for you for whichever value you are using.
When you want to find the approximate values of sodium chloride (salt) TDS in your solution, all you need to do is to multiply your EC reading (in milliSiemens/cm) by 1000, and then divide the result by 2.
If you want to convert the other way to find out an EC level from a TDS reading, it is a matter of doing things in reverse.
All you need to do here is multiply your ppm reading by two, and then divide the result by 1000.
To simplify this, you can use the following:
** MY METER CALCULATES BY 'μ' or micro,
Not Micro which is larger
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There is a way to convert these to figure out my waters' EC level.
I'm laying my thoughts out on a personal blog post and maybe someone
might benefit from this later on?
The thread below has some very useful information within:
to convert and understand, that you may find handy.
Measuring the water EC will be useful for:
- Preparing the water with the right initial EC (Electrical Conductivity) level in order to add fertilizers.
- Checking the final EC (Electrical Conductivity) of the nutrient solution after adding fertilizers and additives.
- These are important factors to calculate / think about when choosing a grow method, especially if you're trying something new.
- Will add more important reasons here later because there are some good arguments but I'm attempting to mainly focus on the conversion.
When beginning fertilising, the water EC should be near 0.4 (always measured in miliSiemens.
This is easy to obtain if you start with RO (Reversed Osmosis) water or rainwater (usually with an EC ranging from 0.0 to 0.2), and then simply add calcium and magnesium to the desired EC (0.4). If you don’t do so, your plants will probably show deficiencies sooner or later.
This is easy to obtain if you start with RO (Reversed Osmosis) water or rainwater (usually with an EC ranging from 0.0 to 0.2), and then simply add calcium and magnesium to the desired EC (0.4). If you don’t do so, your plants will probably show deficiencies sooner or later.
First lets define these abbreviations as they are puzzle pieces to this problem.
- EC - (Electrical Conductivity)
- CF - (Conductivity Factor)
- TDS - (Total Dissolved Solids) & PPM (Parts Per Million)
)(AKA PPM/TDS Meter is used interchangeably!
I used my TDS Pen and tested my filtered water and
it read 89 ppm & EC 189 μs/cm OR (microSiemens/centimeter).
Which means this must be converted to milliSiemens (for me anyways).
it read 89 ppm & EC 189 μs/cm OR (microSiemens/centimeter).
Which means this must be converted to milliSiemens (for me anyways).
Converting Between TDS and EC Values
Again, this might sound complicated, and when you come to take readings, your testing meter will do this conversion for you for whichever value you are using.
When you want to find the approximate values of sodium chloride (salt) TDS in your solution, all you need to do is to multiply your EC reading (in milliSiemens/cm) by 1000, and then divide the result by 2.
If you want to convert the other way to find out an EC level from a TDS reading, it is a matter of doing things in reverse.
All you need to do here is multiply your ppm reading by two, and then divide the result by 1000.
PPM has three (3) different conversion standards:
USA 1 ms/cm (EC 1.0 or CF 10) = 500 ppm
European 1 ms/cm (EC 1.0 or CF 10) = 640 ppm
Australian 1 ms/cm (EC 1.0 or CF 10) = 700 ppm
For example,
Hanna, Milwaukee 1 ms/cm (EC 1.0 or CF 10) = 500 ppm
Eutech 1 ms/cm (EC 1.0 or CF 10) = 640 ppm
Truncheon 1 ms/cm (EC 1.0 or CF 10) = 700 ppm
USA 1 ms/cm (EC 1.0 or CF 10) = 500 ppm
European 1 ms/cm (EC 1.0 or CF 10) = 640 ppm
Australian 1 ms/cm (EC 1.0 or CF 10) = 700 ppm
For example,
Hanna, Milwaukee 1 ms/cm (EC 1.0 or CF 10) = 500 ppm
Eutech 1 ms/cm (EC 1.0 or CF 10) = 640 ppm
Truncheon 1 ms/cm (EC 1.0 or CF 10) = 700 ppm
To simplify this, you can use the following:
- 1 EC equals 10 CF
- EC multiplied by 10 equals your CF
- CF divided by 10 equals your EC
** MY METER CALCULATES BY 'μ' or micro,
Not Micro which is larger
Convert microsiemens to millisiemens - Conversion of Measurement Units
Do a quick conversion: 1 microsiemens = 0.001 millisiemens using the online calculator for metric conversions. Check the chart for more details.
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