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cowfishrule
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ha !
i got that same exact one.
i thought it would be a pain to use, but once you set it, its pretty easy.
i got that same exact one.
i thought it would be a pain to use, but once you set it, its pretty easy.
aquaknight
Active Member
Nice, looks like they redesigned the hinge/lens. Is the hinge rear-mounted now? (like a traditional car hood).
The old style was like a "clam-shell" and I broke mine putting it down. The lens dropped down and I guinso'ed it right off.
The old style was like a "clam-shell" and I broke mine putting it down. The lens dropped down and I guinso'ed it right off.
reefkprz
Active Member
believe it or not the one in your picture is the "new design" the changed it to front hinged, which is why I bought the older model I was afraid of doing what you just mentioned happened. it cost me 20 dollars more than the newer design but worth it IMO, this model RHS-10atc is also claimed accurate plus or minus 0.10% whereas the other model the RHS28/atc has a large span of reading but also a slightly larger margin of error plus or minus 0.20%.
yours looks like the RHSN (the N stands for New model)
yours looks like the RHSN (the N stands for New model)
reefkprz
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Originally Posted by grubsnaek
http:///forum/post/2721750
wuuuuuut your just getting one of these now....i would have thought you already had one.....just funny to see how knowledgeable you are and your just gettin one....great buy tho....
crazy aint it? I have always used hydrometers, just had them calibrated by friends with refractometers, but I'm sick of chasing some one down and remembering to get it checked. especially with more tanks up and coming I want to be as dead on as possible in every way.
http:///forum/post/2721750
wuuuuuut your just getting one of these now....i would have thought you already had one.....just funny to see how knowledgeable you are and your just gettin one....great buy tho....
crazy aint it? I have always used hydrometers, just had them calibrated by friends with refractometers, but I'm sick of chasing some one down and remembering to get it checked. especially with more tanks up and coming I want to be as dead on as possible in every way.
perfectdark
Active Member
Good deal, mine looks the same but I dont think it is. Did yours come with calibrating fluid? Mine says ATC on it which I believe means automatic temperature control.
reefkprz
Active Member
Originally Posted by PerfectDark
http:///forum/post/2721965
Good deal, mine looks the same but I dont think it is. Did yours come with calibrating fluid? Mine says ATC on it which I believe means automatic temperature control.
mine did not come with calibrating fluid, I used distilled water (like the instructions said to). BUT when I get over to the university next I am going to calibrate it against theirs to double check it. then double check that against a water of known Salinity, just to be sure.
ATC= automatic temperature compensation
according to the manufacturer, ATC refractometers should be calibrated at 68 degrees farenheight, and recalibrated each time the working room temperature varies more than 5 degrees.
http:///forum/post/2721965
Good deal, mine looks the same but I dont think it is. Did yours come with calibrating fluid? Mine says ATC on it which I believe means automatic temperature control.
mine did not come with calibrating fluid, I used distilled water (like the instructions said to). BUT when I get over to the university next I am going to calibrate it against theirs to double check it. then double check that against a water of known Salinity, just to be sure.
ATC= automatic temperature compensation
according to the manufacturer, ATC refractometers should be calibrated at 68 degrees farenheight, and recalibrated each time the working room temperature varies more than 5 degrees.
perfectdark
Active Member
Originally Posted by reefkprZ
http:///forum/post/2722292
mine did not come with calibrating fluid, I used distilled water (like the instructions said to). BUT when I get over to the university next I am going to calibrate it against theirs to double check it. then double check that against a water of known Salinity, just to be sure.
ATC= automatic temperature compensation
according to the manufacturer, ATC refractometers should be calibrated at 68 degrees farenheight, and recalibrated each time the working room temperature varies more than 5 degrees.
oyyyyy well i guess i have calibrating to do
http:///forum/post/2722292
mine did not come with calibrating fluid, I used distilled water (like the instructions said to). BUT when I get over to the university next I am going to calibrate it against theirs to double check it. then double check that against a water of known Salinity, just to be sure.
ATC= automatic temperature compensation
according to the manufacturer, ATC refractometers should be calibrated at 68 degrees farenheight, and recalibrated each time the working room temperature varies more than 5 degrees.
oyyyyy well i guess i have calibrating to do
steve24
Active Member
Originally Posted by GatorWPB
http:///forum/post/2721410
welcome to modern times!
what ???
you never had one till now
http:///forum/post/2721410
welcome to modern times!
what ???
you never had one till now
reefkprz
Active Member
Originally Posted by steve24
http:///forum/post/2723808
what ???
you never had one till now
I know, I know. I just always had better things to spend money on...... well not really but you cant buy them locally around here no one stocks them, so I ordered one while placing an order for my new ballast (which no one stocks or can get and half the places dont even know what VHO means)
http:///forum/post/2723808
what ???
you never had one till now
I know, I know. I just always had better things to spend money on...... well not really but you cant buy them locally around here no one stocks them, so I ordered one while placing an order for my new ballast (which no one stocks or can get and half the places dont even know what VHO means)