Customers shape YSI water meters design
Customer requests for versatility and field worthiness when measuring lab water quality have been behind the design of the new handheld monitors.
The YSI Professional Plus allows instruments to be set up from the PC with easy-to-use ‘Data Manager’ software and is of particular importance for those users with more than one meter as single configuration can be created on the PC and loaded onto multiple meters.
Site names can be stored in the PC and data automatically appended to individual site files through a smart recognition system. Other features include a docking station for USB PC connection and all QC/config data is stored with the data.
The new instruments offer multiple options in the choice of probes, accessories and cable lengths from 1m to 30m. Sensor options include ammonium, chloride, conductivity, nitrate, pH, pressure, total dissolved solids and temperature.
The instruments offer a three-year instrument warranty and a two-year field cable warranty.
Readings can be taken at set intervals, as a single event or with real-time logging to a memory with 2,000 data set capacity and GLP file output.
Whilst there are numerous applications for the Professional Plus instrument, there is particular interest in the surface water, aquaculture, groundwater, and wastewater markets.
“The Professional Series is fantastic news for anyone involved with field or lab water quality measurements,” said YSI regional director Darren Hanson. “We have built many new features into these new relatively inexpensive meters and we are extremely grateful to those customers that provided invaluable feedback to make that possible.”