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Old May 31, 2012, 12:20 AM   #20
Kayser
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Join Date: May 29, 2002
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IMPORTANT : You need to wait until after the Chargemaster beeps and redisplays the number to get an accurate reading. If you don't do this, it can very easily explain the differences you are seeing. It goes like this:

- Charge trickles complete.
- Chargemaster beeps. At this point the weight displayed is not necessarily accurate. I'm pretty sure the reason here is that it just stops updating the display when it crosses the threshold. But that last few grains it ekes out can pop it from 49.9 to 50.1 or 50.2 instead of the 50.0 it "locks down" at.
- It flashes the round count.
- It then displays the weight again. Now the value you are seeing is the correctly measured weight.

This is a pretty big design flaw in the whole system if you ask me. But if you're aware of it, it's no big deal.

Again, very important to use the post-beep, post-round-count weight displayed value. That should match up to a balance beam scale every time perfectly.
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