Well, 3rd time and everything great (with the exception of the curd wash - still having a $%$%$#34#(&^%$@ time removing whey...so I thought of something ....for next time: using a bread cooling rack and covering it with coarse plastic matting, swiping the vat side-to-side, securing to get a pool to draw from. I think this will work - the colander/chinois thing still didn't fly, for me).
Everything great....until ONCE AGAIN I got a radical pH drop after the pre-press. At cooking knockoff, I was at 6.5. By the time I had pre-pressed, gone through the first 1:45 hours on the initial (light) press, I was at 5.38. I calibrated and re-calibrated, even took the batteries out of the Extech per:
Hi Paul,
Thanks for your inquiry. Temperature over time will affect your readings. You can attempt to do a default reset of the meter by holding down all three function buttons simultaneously while counting to ten slowly. Then re-install the batteries and power on the unit. At this point rinse the electrode and proceed to calibrate the unit via ph7 buffer. If successful , move to ph10 or ph4. Hopefully this is successful. If the problem persists after this, if within 30 days from date of purchase, please return the PH100 to your distributor. If you have had the PH100 for more than 30 days but less than 1 year, please contact our Returns Department..
-and when I did a direct wheel measurement, I was at 5.20. This should please all the non-pH meters folks out there.
I've decided to just wrap my baby in a seedling mat and let her press at 25 lbs. for six hours.
As to this meter, I am about to use the Extech for a ceremonial fire ceremony.