scales also need to be calibrated for altitude, as they report mass, but
measure only force.
i dont know how close to 0.5% this would be at common sites off hand. my
guess is it is also likely to be less than errors made from setting up the
scale improperly, whether malicious or fortuitous.
-james c
----- Original Message -----
From: <ERito@aol.com>
To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 4:15 PM
Subject: scales
> i think that it is incredible that we would demand a 1/2% repeat accuracy
> from a portable sale. we are talking lab accuracy here in something that
gets
> hauled from place to place.
>
> wow.
>
> ed rito
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