Rugerspypdern, I do not have the same problems shared by other reloaders, I do not need another set of scales, I do not have fewer than 20, accuracy? I have an Ohaus 30+ piece test weigh set for checking accuracy for the length of the beam. One is a counter scale, as in 1 to 10 balance, place 10 bullets on one side then balance the beam with 100 on the other side. Others go back to the Ol’ Gold days, made by Fairbanks and Morris. I have attended gun shows, I walk in without a scale and walk out with enough parts to build one or repair 2, all for as little as $10.00. Herters, Redding, Pacific. some with out balance beams, one old reloading scale required the correct weight on one side to balance the other.
I have two electric type RCBS scales, no problems, except I have friends that have no confidence in electricity, not a problem, they insist on Ohaus, and I ask which Ohaus, the Ohaus/Ohaus, RCBS/Ohaus, Lyman/Ohaus or a Ohaus/Ohaus complete with two beams, one in grains the other in grams.
Scales and computers, not related, everyone I know that has enough knowledge about a computer to gain access to the mother board has a can of compressed air for cleaning, and I say fantastic (because people that work on on computers are sensitive), all except me, I use a vacuum and different types of brushes. The computer is a vacuum, something like a magnet to dirt, grit and grime, not by design but a lot of stuff gets pulled into and through the computer, some of the stuff gets caught, builds up and stops air flow through the computer.
Any appliance that that uses electricity has components that get hot, capacitors, potentiometers, rheostats, transformers, exemptions, I must have one, I have florescent lights, appliances with high EMF and intensity consumption, like dryers, lathes mills and a kiln. (exemption) the dryer 220 bolt appliance has a metal cabinet, unless the electrons floating around the dryer (inside the cabinet) are magic, the electrons that make up a magnetic field stay inside the cabinet, something like an anti-magnetic watch that is designed to force the magnetic field to flow around the watch instead of through it.
Heat and electricity of components, the component that creates the highest amount of head is a transformer, going from 110 Volts AC to 9 volts DC creates heat, if I had a problem with an electronic scale I would check the voltage going to the scale from the charger? I called it a transformer/converter, it changed AC to DC and dropped the voltage, as in change, means it also has a rectifier.
RCBS sent me a new charger, the difference in value between the two leads was ‘0’. I do not know if it went slowly as in over a long period of time or Suddenly! and without warning! I informed RCBS I left it plugged for over a week. I checked the value of electrical motive force to the residence, 121 Volts, that is good.
Then there is the new Boeing with batteries problems, first it was being overcharged then I though back to the lap top computers that burst into flame, and all the starters that had that smell, something like the spirits that operated them left and in doing so left the wires with no insulation, and on and on and on.
No one said the batteries burst into flame because they got too hot because of low voltage, no one claimed the spirits left the starter because of low voltage, no one has claimed the air craft batteries are burning because of low voltage, “ I do not have the same problems shared by other reloaders” When I allow a battery to operate with a low charge the battery does everything it can to operate, when the voltage drops the amps/current/intensity increases, low voltage and high current creates heat, with the automotive electrical system the battery cables and starter can not handle the increase in amps caused by a drop in voltage, starter windings melt, cables get hot enough to melt the insulation. Again, I do not have the same problems, then there is that very small chance I understand the problem. RCBS sent me a new charger? The last time I sent them something I told them an elephant stepped on it, when I called about the charger they did not ask about my elephant.
F. Guffey
