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Title: Tap TDS
Post by: Scottish Cleaning Service on August 07, 2025, 10:52:39 am: Hi team, just doing my 6 monthly service and could only get my membranes to bring the tap tds down to 004. Just checked my tap tds and its went from 067 to 094. Is it because its the summer? 🤔
Title: Re: Tap TDS
Post by: AuRavelling79 on August 07, 2025, 02:00:57 pm: Quote from: Scottish Cleaning Service on August 07, 2025, 10:52:39 am
Hi team, just doing my 6 monthly service and could only get my membranes to bring the tap tds down to 004. Just checked my tap tds and its went from 067 to 094. Is it because its the summer? 🤔

I don't know.

But down here Bristol way I find a drier spell raises my tap TDS.

I wonder if it's because there is less water in the reservoirs and rivers and so proportionately more silt/mud etc.
Title: Re: Tap TDS
Post by: The Jester of Wibbly on August 07, 2025, 03:16:25 pm: Yea the TDS does seem to climb during a drout. Think its when they use the reserve resevoir.
Title: Re: Tap TDS
Post by: Tam1872 on August 09, 2025, 01:00:15 am: Just checked mine to see if it showed any difference, cones out the tap at 15 tds.
Title: Re: Tap TDS
Post by: AuRavelling79 on August 09, 2025, 09:56:41 am: Quote from: Tam1872 on August 09, 2025, 01:00:15 am
Just checked mine to see if it showed any difference, cones out the tap at 15 tds.

Remind us where you live?

I'd be tempted to work with that not even using resin.
Title: Re: Tap TDS
Post by: Tam1872 on August 09, 2025, 10:50:01 am: Near Edinburgh. It always is around 15 to 17 whenever I've checked it from the tap.
Title: Re: Tap TDS
Post by: KS Cleaning on August 09, 2025, 11:40:58 am: Quote from: Tam1872 on August 09, 2025, 10:50:01 am
Near Edinburgh. It always is around 15 to 17 whenever I've checked it from the tap.
Time to get a new TDS meter?
Title: Re: Tap TDS
Post by: Scottish Cleaning Service on August 09, 2025, 01:01:26 pm: Quote from: Tam1872 on August 09, 2025, 10:50:01 am
Near Edinburgh. It always is around 15 to 17 whenever I've checked it from the tap.

Is your area High up and less pipes to go through?
Title: Re: Tap TDS
Post by: Scottish Cleaning Service on August 09, 2025, 01:05:45 pm: Quote from: KS Cleaning on August 09, 2025, 11:40:58 am
Quote from: Tam1872 on August 09, 2025, 10:50:01 am
Near Edinburgh. It always is around 15 to 17 whenever I've checked it from the tap.
Time to get a new TDS meter?

Got a free TDS meter with my drinking water jug I bought many years ago. Tested van water a few days ago and it stated 000. Then I used my other TDS meter I have four in total and it read 006. The 000 one was stuck at that level and another one was broke so I binned them. Found out we need a few TDS meters just incase.
Title: Re: Tap TDS
Post by: Tam1872 on August 09, 2025, 01:50:56 pm: Quote from: KS Cleaning on August 09, 2025, 11:40:58 am
Quote from: Tam1872 on August 09, 2025, 10:50:01 am
Near Edinburgh. It always is around 15 to 17 whenever I've checked it from the tap.
Time to get a new TDS meter?

I've had a few over the years and everyone of them reads the same tds for the wayer coming out.

Some of the water up here comes out as low as 7 tds.
Title: Re: Tap TDS
Post by: Scottish Cleaning Service on August 11, 2025, 08:54:38 am: Checked my tap water yesterday and its down to 080 from 094. We did have a fair bit of rain in last week.