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Dr. Richard E. Hawkins
 
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Default carboy size madness continues

In article >,
Joe Sallustio > wrote:
>The easiest thing I can think of would be for you to buy a gallon of
>distilled water, mark the fill level. Dump it into the carboy in
>question.


Actually, that was the point of the milk. I come home with six gallons
each week, and I would have poured them all in.

>999.13 gm/L @ 15C or 8.337 lbs/gal (US)


I used 8-1/3 lbs/gallon, and added 50 lbs, assuming my scale is reliable
in the range above my weight. It turns out that my initial mark with
electrical tape, made by using a 2 quart measuring cup 12 times, came to
exactly the same point.

hawk
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