Pact precision scale calibration question

[olyeller]

Hi, I lost my instructions for my poweder scale, the one with the 20 and 50g check weights.

Would anyone be so kind as to give me a quick rundown on what I need to do? -ie button pusing sequence, etc.

thanks much!

 

[The Bushmaster]

Give me an E-mail and I'll send you the manual by scanning it and sending it to you...Or you might have Pact or RCBS send you a new manual. Your choice. I have the RCBS Powder Pro which is the same as the pact and mine has the two check weights.

 

[WayneConrad]

Is this it?

 

[olyeller]

eureka.....thanks!

Ah,
I forgot that rcbs sold these pact scales;

Wayne, that looks to be the sequence.

Bushmaster, thanks SO much for the offer; I will email you if these rcbs instructions arent applicable; but I believe they are.

 

[The Bushmaster]

RCBS has the same manual that I have on their site that you can down load besides what Wayne sent you too...Good luck...

 

[KIDGLOCK]

I have the Pact powder scale and dispenser , the scale wont stay put!! Could someone check what the power supply says on the back. IE. volts , Hz , watts ,mA .

Plugged my scale into a friends and it worked perfect . So I called Pact and told them the mA were to high , sent me the same god damn one I had ..They sound like morons on the phone .

Thanks in advance.

 

[Ol` Joe]

Could someone check what the power supply says on the back. IE. volts , Hz , watts ,mA

Mine is

120v / 66 hz / 5w

into 12v / 300 Ma

What else do you have plugged in on that circut? Some lighting, A/C units, almost anything with a motor, ect, can cause surges which will upset the scales at times. Not letting them warm up for a while before calibrating can cause them to loose their setting. Especially if taken from say the upstairs or garage to the basement or where temps vary from room to room. Cell phones near the scale will screw with them also, as will a dirty power supply from the electric feed to the house. Static, from foam cartridge boxes for example, will at times monkey with the reading.
These are some of the reasons I don`t really care for digitals and use my old beam scale for powder measuring and checking my measure. I do use my Pact to measure bullets and cases, anything I want to know the weight of that isn`t a repetative measurment. Things that should all wgt the same I use the beam scale, just as fast and accurate. Maybe more.

 

[Rico567]

I have that RCBS "Pro" model made by PACT, too. In addition to +1 on what "Ol' Joe" says, I'd say be sure it's not sitting in any drafts. A lot of HVAC systems now exhaust through ceiling vents, and I suspect that a flow of air from one of those things isn't going to be too helpful for a scale's zero, apart from the fact that going on and off will also mean a temperature fluctuation. I'm lucky in being able to reload down a cool, draft-free basement, so my scale is pretty much rock-solid.

 

[KIDGLOCK]

Thanks guys , Ive tried all of what was said . the scale ran fine at a friends house so back to the drawing board .

 

[callgood]

Mine runs fine in the garage. But around this time of year it gets too hot. At times it runs fine in the kitchen. Generally when everyone is out of the house and not tromping through and turning on appliances.

Spare bedroom/computer room works most of the time. It helps if I turn off the AC that takes care of that end of the house (other one can handle the entire house for an hour or so). The other night in the computer room while calibrating, the unit seemed to hang up on the first "hold." I got out my 505 and by the time I set it up, all was fine with the PACT unit. So I used them both!

The battery on my battery backup croaked. When I replace it I think I will try plugging the scale and dispenser in it. I am thinking this will give a solid, steady source of power. Electrical fluctuations seem to give me the most problems, not nearly as often as the above might indicate. That and dropping a pound of Blue Dot directly on the scale weigh bed.:banghead: