Hydrometer spinning

[cadarnell]

why is it when I spin my hydrometer in the tube it always ends up facing the wrong way ???

 

[zazbnf]

why is it when I spin my hydrometer in the tube it always ends up facing the wrong way ???

Could be your just standing on the wrong side?

 

[ClarnoBrewer]

why is it when I spin my hydrometer in the tube it always ends up facing the wrong way ???

+++1

It always stops just shy of me being able to see the right markings. I can't remember ever having it stop in the right spot the first time.

 

[cadarnell]

+++1

It always stops just shy of me being able to see the right markings. I can't remember ever having it stop in the right spot the first time.

I have even tried to trick it ... I put it on the island bar, spun it and then ran around to the other side ... it stopped facing the way I was originally standing ... its the curse of the hydrometer

 

[TyTanium]

Try blowing on the tube, or just over the opening of the tube. Works every time.

 

[Ceetar]

That's why I lift it back up and read it based on where the foam line is.

 

[ClarnoBrewer]

I have even tried to trick it ... I put it on the island bar, spun it and then ran around to the other side ... it stopped facing the way I was originally standing ... its the curse of the hydrometer

Put it on one of those spinning barstools!

 

[Airplanedoc]

It is because you are starting the rotation of the hydrometer 180 deg from where you should be.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

You have to set it on fire on the side you want to read, that way the smoke will follow you.

 

[ClarnoBrewer]

Next time, I'm going to turn the hydrometer 180* before I spin it. That should solve the problem.

Also, this is the goofiest thread ever. Accurate, but ridiculous!

 

[Airplanedoc]

Next time, I'm going to turn the hydrometer 180* before I spin it. That should solve the problem.

Just be sure you use the exact same amount of force to rotate it that you currently use.

 

[EllisTX]

You have to set it on fire on the side you want to read, that way the smoke will follow you.

Lol. I see what you did there.

I think it's a brewers curse.

 

[Revvy]

+11111111111111111111111111111111111

It works on the same scientific principle that smoke always follows the non-smoker, and that you always find what you are looking for in the last place you are looking.

 

[Clann]

Kind of like buttered bread always lands butter side down when dropped on the floor.

 

[PhillyMike]

I heard hydrometers work best in the southern hemisphere.

 

[Clann]

Cause they spin backwards, right?

 

[HawksBrewer]

One word: refractometer. Hahaha, only have one b/c my brewing buddy shattered the hydrometer while sanitizing and, yes, said hydrometer always spun the opposite way (except on opposite day of course).

 

[goosegrease]

Next time, I'm going to turn the hydrometer 180* before I spin it. That should solve the problem.

Also, this is the goofiest thread ever. Accurate, but ridiculous!

One word: refractometer. Hahaha, only have one b/c my brewing buddy shattered the hydrometer while sanitizing and, yes, said hydrometer always spun the opposite way (except on opposite day of course).

So... Why does the damn thing seem to maintain it's "I still can't see it position ",when I turn the cylinder?

 

[cadarnell]

Kind of like buttered bread always lands butter side down when dropped on the floor.

I found out the hard way that so does a pan of lasagna ... first pan I had ever constructed in my life too ... don't think I have ever dropped quite as loud of an F bomb as I did that day .. lol

 

[cadarnell]

Try blowing on the tube, or just over the opening of the tube. Works every time.

been trying to talk the swmbo into that for years ... ba dump dump !!! ... actually I read this earlier and I did blow on it on my post boil sample today, and you are right ... it spun slowly back towards me ... pretty cool ... thanks !!!:rockin:

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

One word: refractometer. Hahaha, only have one b/c my brewing buddy shattered the hydrometer while sanitizing and, yes, said hydrometer always spun the opposite way (except on opposite day of course).

No use trying to spin a refractometer. They just plink to the bottom.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

I found out the hard way that so does a pan of lasagna ... first pan I had ever constructed in my life too ... don't think I have ever dropped quite as loud of an F bomb as I did that day .. lol

3 second rule and 10 more minutes in the oven.

 

[cino101]

Easy solution, just build one of those mirror rooms like in Conan. Will let you see it from any angle! Or if you got that much money... https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/digital-hydrometer-100412/index3.html