I just noticed that my alcometer switches at the top around 60% from one line meaning 1% to 1 line meaning 2%!
Not that it's a big deal, but what I thought was 72% was really 74%. I can't believe it took me this long to notice. Actually I can...I'm not very observant. they should change the color of the lines to red if they're going to change the value.
You notice the scale is not linear, so the graduations get closer together. At some point they get so tight as to make reading it more difficult which is why they switch to a less dense marking, i.e. 1% increments to 2% increments. My spirit hydrometer and my refractometer are similar and for wide range instruments most certainly the norm.
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zed255 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 13, 2023 8:26 am
You notice the scale is not linear, so the graduations get closer together. At some point they get so tight as to make reading it more difficult which is why they switch to a less dense marking, i.e. 1% increments to 2% increments. My spirit hydrometer and my refractometer are similar and for wide range instruments most certainly the norm.
yes, that. Now I have to go back in my notes and change some things. Oh well. I really should be more observant.
jonnys_spirit wrote: ↑Mon Mar 13, 2023 11:04 am
I have a couple mini ABV hydrometers which are helpful for readings on smaller samples. Their lines are even closer together.
