Announcing the release of 'Mash Made Easy' version 10.90

[Ozarks Mountain Brewery]

A Cation/Anion mEq/L balance discrepancy of roughly 9% is simply not a "Good Check" in my book. YMMV

I'm guessing they just round but what does a good or bad check mean to me

 

[Silver_Is_Money]

I'm guessing they just round but what does a good or bad check mean to me

That is explained above. Real water has net zero charge imbalance. The percentage of imbalance is primarily a reflection of analytical accuracy (or inaccuracy). Secondarily it may be a reflection of a failure to take certain ions into consideration. In a nutshell it means your analyticals "may" be in error to the 'overall' tune of 9%. So don't take them as gospel truth.

 

[Silver_Is_Money]

Some charge balance info can be found here: Charge-Balance Error (CBE)

 

[Ozarks Mountain Brewery]

also your bicarbonate calculator doesn't match the report

 

[Silver_Is_Money]

Lightning is an example of charge imbalance.

 

[Silver_Is_Money]

also your bicarbonate calculator doesn't match the report

About 1.7% difference. Another analytical discrepancy, though much more tolerable than 9%. With Ward Labs being within 1.7% here, is there a point you are trying to make?

 

[tracer bullet]

@tracer bullet, if it isn't too much trouble for you, what are the mEq/L Cation and Anion values as seen on your Ward Labs report?

I was referring to the earlier answers this morning and only just now saw your question.

Ward shows 2.6 / 2.5

I'm sure there's some rounding off involved.