Seanstone
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Post by Seanstone on Jun 20, 2011 12:22:37 GMT -5
This weekend I caught a baby flathead and hooked it up to the digital scale. Rapala 50lb digital scale. (I weigh everything for my fishing log.) The scale read just under 3 pounds. I didn't think much and started down to the water when Kip told me my scale was wrong. He hooked it up to his scale and it weighed 5 pounds 14 ounces. I then hooked up 3, 6 ounce sinkers and the scale read 8 ounces. It seems to be weighing a little over half of the actual weight.
My only guess to how it got this way would be that it got a little wet in the rain the other day on the boat. I figured since it was a fishing scale it would have been alright. That may or may not be the issue though.
Is there any way to fix a scale when it does things like this? I tried un-doing the battery and it still read half of the weight. Any suggestions?
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Post by joey6500 on Jun 20, 2011 12:57:32 GMT -5
I think your scale is on kilos. You should be able to just switch over to lbs. A kilo weighs 2.2046 lbs which seems to be what your getting
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Post by mmagis on Jun 20, 2011 13:52:31 GMT -5
Check the kilos setting first, but to actually check the accuracy you need something of known weight (sinkers aren’t reliable), and larger than a few ounces. If it is indeed off, there’s nothing that can be changed on a digital scale. It’s either right or it’s wrong
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Post by jason454ci on Jun 20, 2011 13:59:14 GMT -5
If you do find it to be inaccurate scales I would suggest a set of berkley scales. They may not be the greatest ones out there but I have had a 50lb set for six years now and have never had a problem with them. They have been wet and beat around and still preform the way they did when they were new. They only reason I would consider replacing them is if I upgraded to the 100lb model. But so far I have had no need to do that. ;D
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Seanstone
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Post by Seanstone on Jun 21, 2011 15:27:42 GMT -5
Yep it was on kilos.  I was messing around with it last night and hit the memory button and it switched back to pounds. Feel pretty stupid now. Its still accurate, I weighed my tackle box on a variety of scales. (26lbs 3-4 oz) Only one of the scales read 26lbs 4 oz. |
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Post by Smoothkip on Jun 21, 2011 22:37:43 GMT -5
I told you it was a money fish Sean! Glad you got on the board and took home a little cash!
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Post by Skyline1506 on Jun 21, 2011 23:51:25 GMT -5
yea man congrats, you were about ready to throw that 50 dollar bill back in to
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Post by Smoothkip on Jun 22, 2011 0:36:52 GMT -5
Id also like to add sean that you set the hook harder than I've ever seen! Lol!
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Post by Skyline1506 on Jun 22, 2011 7:52:05 GMT -5
swung that thing like a lumber jack!
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Seanstone
Catfish Freak
Multi-Specie Catch and Release Angler
Posts: 1,166
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Post by Seanstone on Jun 22, 2011 14:26:03 GMT -5
;D Mono has crazy stretch, and I was fishing the current. I got the slack out in a hurry, you never know when its going to be the big one.  |
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I was messing around with it last night and hit the memory button and it switched back to pounds. Feel pretty stupid now. Its still accurate, I weighed my tackle box on a variety of scales. (26lbs 3-4 oz) Only one of the scales read 26lbs 4 oz. 
