Left salt bucket lid off over night

ivegotum4u2 · 05/13/2016, 04:14 PM

I accidentally left the lid to the salt bucket off last night. The salt got a little hard and chunky, I was wondering if it is still ok to use? Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask this question, or if it has been asked before, I tried searching previous threads but did not find anything that discussed this issue. maybe I'm the only DA who has done this.

sfdan · 05/13/2016, 04:29 PM

As long as only moisture got into it, the only bad thing that could happen is the cal/alk may have precipitated and the cal/alk levels would be low in the mixed salt. So mix up a batch of saltwater and test the cal/alk. If those are fine then it is fine.

I test the alk of new batches of salt anyways so it isn't a bad habit to get into.

ivegotum4u2 · 05/13/2016, 04:33 PM

ok ill do that, thanks.

05/13/2016, 04:14 PM	#1
ivegotum4u2 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: utah Posts: 13	Left salt bucket lid off over night I accidentally left the lid to the salt bucket off last night. The salt got a little hard and chunky, I was wondering if it is still ok to use? Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask this question, or if it has been asked before, I tried searching previous threads but did not find anything that discussed this issue. maybe I'm the only DA who has done this.

05/13/2016, 04:29 PM	#2
sfdan Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: San Francisco Posts: 451	As long as only moisture got into it, the only bad thing that could happen is the cal/alk may have precipitated and the cal/alk levels would be low in the mixed salt. So mix up a batch of saltwater and test the cal/alk. If those are fine then it is fine. I test the alk of new batches of salt anyways so it isn't a bad habit to get into.

05/13/2016, 04:33 PM	#3
ivegotum4u2 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: utah Posts: 13	ok ill do that, thanks.