I've had my FX120I for several month, just got my V3 a week ago. This thing is awesome. I have a steel building/shop where I do my reloading stuff. It gets pretty cold 15's in the winter and really hot in there in the summer 110 plus some days. Do you think these temps could hurt my electronics? My CM lite has been fine out there but had the display go out on a cheapy digital scale I had. Would hate to have to move this into the house.
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An option for you, just information......
If your reloading gear is out in the cold and or hot, you could throw powder in the comfort (heated or cooled) of your home, just throw the powder into glass test tubes with caps, or just throw directly into the cases in a case block.
myself I load precision rifle on a Dillon 650 fully progressive. I’m either using the v3 to drop powder for each round, or I’ll take the scale v3 stuff in the house with a few hundred test tubes, caps, in a tube rack and weigh the charges inside where it’s either warm or cool. When back at the press, it only takes 2 seconds to grab a tube, flick off the cap, and dump the powder through the funnel into the case.
just an option for you.
If your reloading gear is out in the cold and or hot, you could throw powder in the comfort (heated or cooled) of your home, just throw the powder into glass test tubes with caps, or just throw directly into the cases in a case block.
myself I load precision rifle on a Dillon 650 fully progressive. I’m either using the v3 to drop powder for each round, or I’ll take the scale v3 stuff in the house with a few hundred test tubes, caps, in a tube rack and weigh the charges inside where it’s either warm or cool. When back at the press, it only takes 2 seconds to grab a tube, flick off the cap, and dump the powder through the funnel into the case.
just an option for you.
I think I will commandeer the laundry room, I have a bunch of counter space in there. Thanks guys
Any chance of making a small “climate controlled” room in your shop? Or that’s not an option?
As mentioned, any sort of air flow will cause scale movement
As mentioned, any sort of air flow will cause scale movement
No it’s 1500 square foot with 20 ft ceilings. The drafts are really a problem if I keep the bay doors shut, just worried about the temp swings.
I have more experience with cold than I do heat....but yeah, cold temps definitely mess with electronics.
20 foot ceiling sounds perfect for having a “false” roof on top of your reloading area for storage of miscellaneous items. Just my opinion, obviously I don’t know the layout or needs of the floor space in your shop. Just spitballing ideas
If you had the room for it I’d enclose it and have a window Air conditioner mounted in the wall....with an electric heater up in a corner. It’d be relatively cheap if you did the work yourself.
Right now my reloading bench is in a coat closet...in a few months I’ll be moving and I get to have a spare bedroom for my reloading area....but one day when I have a house I don’t plan on moving out of I hope to have my own large garage for off road vehicles, lawn mower, that type of stuff, and within that garage I’ll have a temp-controlled room for reloading
20 foot ceiling sounds perfect for having a “false” roof on top of your reloading area for storage of miscellaneous items. Just my opinion, obviously I don’t know the layout or needs of the floor space in your shop. Just spitballing ideas
If you had the room for it I’d enclose it and have a window Air conditioner mounted in the wall....with an electric heater up in a corner. It’d be relatively cheap if you did the work yourself.
Right now my reloading bench is in a coat closet...in a few months I’ll be moving and I get to have a spare bedroom for my reloading area....but one day when I have a house I don’t plan on moving out of I hope to have my own large garage for off road vehicles, lawn mower, that type of stuff, and within that garage I’ll have a temp-controlled room for reloading
Honestly I’m not a builder, my laundry room will be perfect it has counter space and cabinets for powder. I just was being lazy, didn’t want to have to charge rounds inside then walk to the shop for everything else.
You just solved a problem for me and it has to do with loading at the range. I have wanted flexibility in regards of powder charges and with your idea it will allow me to have the vehicle needed to hold various charges and know I'm still loading to the kernel. Probably jibberish but I bet you get what I'm saying. Probably cheap too.
