Dave Fawthrop wrote:

On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 10:38:41 GMT, Farry
wrote:

| Dave Fawthrop wrote:
|
| I use the Salter electronic Aquatronic model number 3007, all plastic, and
| find it everything I had hoped. I have checked the accuracy a few times
| and found it fine.
|
| I would also have said that, but of the scale I bought a year ago,
| rather than the "compensated" scale. When did you buy yours?

Sounds as if yours has a simple mechanical fault. Perhaps crud has built up
inside, or the platform has got twisted.

I have had mine about ?2? years.

I have just tried adding sugar slowly, no problem.

OK, the model 3007 is not displayed on their website, so I guess it's an
old model and predates the compensation trick.

As I said, it's the brand new scale that's got the problem. It's almost
certainly designed into the software because I can think of no way that
a fault could introduce behaviour like that, but I can think of why a
software designer would want to add that compensation, if he didn't
properly think through the consequences.

--
Farry