Just got my Sartorius scale in. However most of reloading is done on the bar in my apartment. So with that being said, my wife will not let me leave my giant scale on the bar permanently(not sure what she has against it) plugged in as Sartorius recommends. No room in our tiny apartment for a dedicated reloading area. So since the scale has to be unplugged after each use, does the 1 HR warm up time still apply or should I let it sit out longer.
Scale warm up time
- Thread starter Cody Richardson
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You need to prioritize. Sartorius or the wife? :
They like to refer to it as clutter.
Dusty Stevens
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Run an extension cord into the closet you store it in
I don’t use a Sartorius but a GemPro250. What I find is plugging the scale in for an hour before use is plenty.
Frankly you don’t want to leave it plugged in sitting on the bar because for one, any mini-surge that comes down your power line during s storm will start to degrade the electronics. Second and most important of all, that is a good place for someone who has had one too many to knock it to the ground.
If I were you, I would keep it locked up safe somewhere and only plug it in the morning that you are going to do some reloading.
Frankly you don’t want to leave it plugged in sitting on the bar because for one, any mini-surge that comes down your power line during s storm will start to degrade the electronics. Second and most important of all, that is a good place for someone who has had one too many to knock it to the ground.
If I were you, I would keep it locked up safe somewhere and only plug it in the morning that you are going to do some reloading.
Mine is hooked to a battery back up supply. and never get turned off. But is a charge master. Larry
The plan is to build within the next year and a half. I've been told the whole basement is for me and my "stuff", still trying to get that notorized. Today I turned it on this morning before I used it, let it warm up for an hour and no issues. Had to tare it out like 3 times over 75 charges but not bad. Just to check drift, I left it on from when I originally plugged it in this morning at 10a to right now and the drift has been 0.000!! Amazing, I left my other scale on and it's drift is 3.1 grains. So far this had been the best investment I have made in reloading equipment and high recomended it. Running a vertical next weekend to see how much this scale changed my vertical at 500 compared to my Hornady auto charge loads.
I got the entris 64-1s.
I have a Sartorius GD503. I keep a 155 Sierra matchking sitting on top of the scale that weighs 154.885. Turn it on ,check the matchking , proceed.It might drift by 1/2 granule of varget(.010 grain). That usually can be corrected by minor adjustment of the leveling screws if I feel that compulsive.
Joe Salt said:
Lucky me, the wife and I bought a 4 Bedroom house for just the two of us (great deal in a divorce sale). I get one entire bedroom for my reloading. She gets an entire room for her "office".
That leaves us with a master bedroom and a guest bedroom. The Car and Truck get the garage and I don't have to freeze my azz off loading in it during winter months.
As for my scales? If they have a power cord they're turned on and left that way. Only time the power switch is ever touched is when they need to be restarted due to a power outage.
Brians356
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sparker said:
I turn on the incandescent desk lamp hovering over my balance beam scale, and let the scale come up to "working" temperature, as it seems to me the zero drifts ever so slightly between cold and warm. I would guess there has to be some thermal expansion of the beam, especially in winter when my home is fairly cool inside (I keep the HVAC controls at ~64 f.) I suppose I could be imagining this effect, but there it is.
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