My hydrometer water reading = 1.004

[teabicky]

I have just tried my hydrometer in water to see what it read. My hydrometer is supposedly calibrated at 20 degrees C which is exactly what the temperature (by coincidence) was. The problem is that it was floating at 1.004, why could this be and does that mean that my beer readings are .004 out?

My beer has been reading at 1.014 for three days, could it actually be 1.010 instead or am I making some sort of fundamental mistake?

Cheers. :wha:

 

[Sean_Mc]

Could that the paper has slipped inside :hmm:

 

[Mark1964]

could be faulty take it back to shop ask them to check it

 

[teabicky]

could be faulty take it back to shop ask them to check it

Thats what I am thinking. I will test it again and send it back. I guess if my reading is correct then I should be able to subtract .004 from the reading to get a more accurate result.

 

[rickthebrew]

yes - if its reading wrong (1.004 instead of 1.000) then just take .004 from any reading, then get a new one :thumb:

 

[darrenwest1]

ive seen somwhere that you can tap them on somthing to try to move the paper inside them to correct the reading

 

[leeboozer]

teabicky i understand your plight , yesterday i picked up some grain and bought a spare hydro just in case, did a brew and put me new hydro in yet it was reading something stupid, so i tesd it in water .996 [which made me feel better knowing i'd not f**ked me brew up]
so it makes me wonder how many of us are using tackle assuming its all ok :hmm:

 

[Kyral210]

Yeah, faulty hydrometer. Made me think, I should check mine!