Tim! Need help with Refractometer

[shawna1972]

Call me plz

 

[superkat]

shawna...what's up??????????

 

[shawna1972]

shawna...what's up??????????

Your gonna laugh but I dont know how to use it and it has instructions! lol

 

[superkat]

you are right.....i'm laughing. okay...put a drop of salt water on the lens. close the lid. hold it up to the light...where the shaded area and the white area meet...that's your reading.

 

[shawna1972]

Daylight plate is the cover correct?

 

[superkat]

yes.
it's hinged, should flap down over the lens and smoosh (technical term...i told ya...from the woman who helped design and build the B-2...) the water like on a slide...

 

[shawna1972]

you are right.....i'm laughing. okay...put a drop of salt water on the lens. close the lid. hold it up to the light...where the shaded area and the white area meet...that's your reading.

K give me a few minutes Im getting off the dialer so I can do this.
BB in a few

 

[superkat]

sure thing...i'm here...trying to decide if i should go to CF or ABC and check out the new acros....before my car gets snowed in.....

 

[shawna1972]

yes.
it's hinged, should flap down over the lens and smoosh (technical term...i told ya...from the woman who helped design and build the B-2...) the water like on a slide...

K drops going in

 

[superkat]

too funny.

 

[shawna1972]

K drops going in

Ok .......Got the drops in Man this is so hard to read! Blurry for me but it looks like 1.028

 

[toddmh]

shawna is it calibrated ??

 

[dreaminmel]

You should be able to turn the end you look in to to adjust the clarity...

 

[superkat]

that's where they meet, right? hold it up to the window light. if it makes you feel better...rinse it off (with ro/di) and do it again. looks like you were able to drop the salinity last night...

 

[superkat]

shawna is it calibrated ??

i think she said they did it for her at ARC

 

[shawna1972]

shawna is it calibrated ??

I believe Tim said it was yes

 

[shawna1972]

You should be able to turn the end you look in to to adjust the clarity...

Thanks,Tried that. Still blurry.....must be my eyes.:eek2:

 

[toddmh]

tips ..

take off glasses if you have them..pain in the but lol

turn the eyepiece to focus

kinda squish the sample in the refractor

 

[superkat]

you have the other eye closed, right? just askin'.....

 

[shawna1972]

that's where they meet, right? hold it up to the window light. if it makes you feel better...rinse it off (with ro/di) and do it again. looks like you were able to drop the salinity last night...

K did it again Im 2 lines_____ below 1.030 and 2 lines under 40 PPT

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