Hydrometer

Started by Blgove, 08/21/2013 11:54 AM

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Blgove

08/21/2013 11:54 AM
So I bought this hydrometer from Xikar - one of the ones that you can't adjust.  It's supposed to be accurate to +/- 3% RH.  I decided to see how accurate it was, and stuck it into a baggie with the damp salt.  Left if for 12 hours and it registered 69%.  I pulled it out of the bag, and it was then I noticed a very thin piece of plastic wrap covering up all the holes - hadn't noticed that before :biggrin: I peeled it off and stuck it back into the calibration bag and it's reading 75% Imagine that.... :whistle:

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DonM

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08/21/2013 12:00 PM
Sounds like after some playing with it you are in there!

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jeffk42

#2
08/21/2013 12:04 PM

QuoteDonM - 8/21/2013  3:00 PM  Sounds like after some playing with it you are in there!

(thatswhatshesaid)

Ted

#3
08/21/2013 12:41 PM
Quotejeffk42 - 8/21/2013  1:04 PM  

QuoteDonM - 8/21/2013  3:00 PM  Sounds like after some playing with it you are in there!

(thatswhatshesaid)

:lmao:

Jackal

#4
08/21/2013 12:46 PM Last Edit: 08/21/2013 12:46 PM by Jackal
By the way, it is hygrometer (with a g).  Hydrometers are used for measuring the density of liquids, such as when you want to check the alcohol content of the beer that you are brewing.

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Blgove

#5
08/21/2013 12:50 PM
QuoteTed - 8/21/2013  12:41 PM

Quotejeffk42 - 8/21/2013  1:04 PM  

QuoteDonM - 8/21/2013  3:00 PM  Sounds like after some playing with it you are in there!

(thatswhatshesaid)

:lmao:


 :lmao:
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Longhorn

#6
08/21/2013 02:21 PM
QuoteJackal - 8/21/2013  3:46 PM

By the way, it is hygrometer (with a g).  Hydrometers are used for measuring the density of liquids, such as when you want to check the alcohol content of the beer that you are brewing.

That's why it had a plastic seal - to keep the water out of the hy"d"rometer!    :-0  :biggrin:

Cigary

#7
08/21/2013 03:22 PM

QuoteJackal - 8/21/2013  3:46 PM  By the way, it is hygrometer (with a g).  Hydrometers are used for measuring the density of liquids, such as when you want to check the alcohol content of the beer that you are brewing.

 I was about to say this but glad you said it first....wish I had a nickel for every time somebody called it by that name..must be the OCD in me.

Cfickter

#8
08/21/2013 05:36 PM
Easy to do. Sort of like "congratulations". Every June when people put up signs for their kids my wife goes ballistic when the use congra"d"ulations!  
But I am not one to judge. I am the poster child for spell check
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ntanner

#9
08/21/2013 06:43 PM
I prefer a refractometer to a hydrometer for testing gravity on the brew. Easier to get a accurate reading.
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Brlesq

#10
08/21/2013 06:51 PM
Quotentanner - 8/21/2013  9:43 PM

I prefer a refractometer to a hydrometer for testing gravity on the brew. Easier to get a accurate reading.

I prefer to use my mouth to taste both the cigars and the beers. :smoker:  :beer:
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#11
08/21/2013 06:59 PM
QuoteBrlesq - 8/21/2013  9:51 PM

Quotentanner - 8/21/2013  9:43 PM

I prefer a refractometer to a hydrometer for testing gravity on the brew. Easier to get a accurate reading.

I prefer to use my mouth to taste both the cigars and the beers. :smoker:  :beer:

:lmao:  It's Briesqomouthometer!

1029henry

#12
08/21/2013 11:41 PM
QuoteCigary - 8/21/2013  3:22 PM

QuoteJackal - 8/21/2013  3:46 PM  By the way, it is hygrometer (with a g).  Hydrometers are used for measuring the density of liquids, such as when you want to check the alcohol content of the beer that you are brewing.

 I was about to say this but glad you said it first....wish I had a nickel for every time somebody called it by that name..must be the OCD in me.


Agreed. And for the final time....it's "Palate", not palette, pallette, pallet, etc. ............
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Blgove

#13
08/22/2013 11:26 PM
Yeah we'll fine then. I meant hygrometer :biggrin:   You'd think, as owner of an environmental lab, I wouldn't make that mistake. At any rate, the freekin thing was defective!
"The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee hapiness, only the pursuit of it.  You have to catch up with it yourself"  

Benjamin Franklin

Rbrushaber

#14
08/23/2013 03:43 AM
Quotentanner - 8/21/2013  9:43 PM

I prefer a refractometer to a hydrometer for testing gravity on the brew. Easier to get a accurate reading.

Heck I just prefer a glass and a good cigar to test out the beer I buy... :beer:
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ntanner

#15
08/23/2013 06:05 AM
QuoteLonghorn - 8/21/2013  7:59 PM

QuoteBrlesq - 8/21/2013  9:51 PM

Quotentanner - 8/21/2013  9:43 PM

I prefer a refractometer to a hydrometer for testing gravity on the brew. Easier to get a accurate reading.

I prefer to use my mouth to taste both the cigars and the beers. :smoker:  :beer:

:lmao:  It's Briesqomouthometer!
Got to add that to his Guru Title. :lmao:
I am not concerned about what you think as I can tell you don't do it often.

I used to be a people person, but then people ruined that for me.

Every loaf of bread is a tragic story of a group of grains that could have become beer but didn't.
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