mateostojic
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Hello brewers,
I bought a Phep 5 Ph meter not long ago and i think that i ruined it.
I have been using a Milwuakee storage solution, which has been crystalising in a pretty spectacular way.
To store my ph meter, i have been filling the cap with the storage solution and keeping the ph meter upright until next use.
I have noticed that the solution seems to be crystalising into a salt and creeping out of the lid seam as shown in the pic.
It was only doing it a bit at first but since the hot weather, it has pretty much all crystalised, leaving little or no solution in the lid. So as a result the electrode has been sitting dry and now my ph meter is not giving me reliable results.
I have pretty much made peace with the fact that i will have to replace the electrode, but i want to avoid this problem in the future.
Should i put the solution in a cup next time and sit the ph meter inside it? Should i store it in the fridge? Was it the hot weather that caused the crystalisation? Did i buy a crappy solution?
Thanks in advance,
Mate

I bought a Phep 5 Ph meter not long ago and i think that i ruined it.
I have been using a Milwuakee storage solution, which has been crystalising in a pretty spectacular way.
To store my ph meter, i have been filling the cap with the storage solution and keeping the ph meter upright until next use.
I have noticed that the solution seems to be crystalising into a salt and creeping out of the lid seam as shown in the pic.
It was only doing it a bit at first but since the hot weather, it has pretty much all crystalised, leaving little or no solution in the lid. So as a result the electrode has been sitting dry and now my ph meter is not giving me reliable results.
I have pretty much made peace with the fact that i will have to replace the electrode, but i want to avoid this problem in the future.
Should i put the solution in a cup next time and sit the ph meter inside it? Should i store it in the fridge? Was it the hot weather that caused the crystalisation? Did i buy a crappy solution?
Thanks in advance,
Mate
