Milwaukee Digital Refractometer - Page 2

jharding08 · 05/06/2015, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Jay_R

I have this refractometer.. And it works a dream.. Maybe I've missed something, but how do you know the 1.026 solution you are adding is indeed 1.026?

All I do is add the mixed water to the reader, hit read and bosh 1.026 provided I measured my salt correctly.

I am using 1.026 calibration fluid. Just opened new bottle. It should be 1.026

hart24601 · 05/06/2015, 09:56 AM

My meter reads high, but it reads consistently high. I have 2 standard solutions a 1.025 and 1.026 that read 1.026 and 1.027 respectively every time I test them and I calibrate with the supplied 1.000 solution so I just add 0.001 to my tank readings and shoot for 1.027. I have never got a reading from the standards that were different from the above values, so I have no issue with making my tank match the value the standard gives me.

05/06/2015, 09:56 AM	#27
hart24601 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 633	My meter reads high, but it reads consistently high. I have 2 standard solutions a 1.025 and 1.026 that read 1.026 and 1.027 respectively every time I test them and I calibrate with the supplied 1.000 solution so I just add 0.001 to my tank readings and shoot for 1.027. I have never got a reading from the standards that were different from the above values, so I have no issue with making my tank match the value the standard gives me.