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That $40 pH meter from Amazon ruined 10 gallons of hot sauce
I bought this cheap digital pH meter for like $40 thinking it would save me time checking ferments. After about 3 months it started drifting and I didn't notice because I never calibrated it. Ended up bottling 10 gallons of habanero sauce that was way too low acid and I had to toss the whole batch. Anyone else learned the hard way that the cheap meters need weekly calibration or theyll burn you?
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val_taylor5mo ago
Yeah you ever notice how those cheap meters are fine for like a month then they just start lying to you? I had one that said my salsa was at 3.8 pH and I got cocky, didn't double check with strips. Next morning I popped a jar and it was already bubbling.
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riley5955mo ago
Switching to the cheap glass pH strips saved me... they're way more reliable than those finicky meters that always need calibrating at the worst times.
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rayc835mo ago
Exactly @val_taylor, those cheap meters start failing around the 500th reading.
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