Reasonable, cheap? Use water!. Weigh empty carboy; fill with water and weigh
again. Difference divided by liters = ? Right on!
Ed
Holland

"Dr. Richard E. Hawkins" > schreef in bericht
...
> Argh. I've *got* to find a way to calibrate my carboys to figure out
> exactly where 5 & 6 gallons are (particularly 6).
>
> After 6 gallons (an all juice batch) produced a 5 gallon + 4 bottles
> last week, last night it was 5 gallons and not much more than a bottle
> (but this was a concentrate batch).
>
> I need to find a reasonable, preferably cheap, way to figure the size.
>
> I wonder if milk is an exact measure? I do get 6 gallons at once each
> week . . .
>
> hawk
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