So I've heard of some of you guys bitch about the Chargemaster and having the display show faulty results. Being all over the place. It never happened to me, not in ten years. Figured I got a good one.
Then I ordered a Lyman funnel pan and positioned the Chargemaster closer to my .50 press for convenience (which put it directly under a CFL swing lamp). Then I started having problems with the display. Over, under, hell, it was hard to say WHAT it was. I moved it from under the CFL and it did a little better but still doing it.
So I noticed some grains being stuck to the pan after emptying and I also noticed it stripping a few grains out of the tube each time I put the pan back, despite not touching the tube. Yep, we got static electricity ladies and gents!
Went back to the original aluminum pan and put the Chargemaster back where it was and bingo, no more problems. I should note I don't use a magnet on the power cable, I couldn't find it or else it's behind the LR television. Either way, it's not really needed, not for me, my problem was with the pan and light. But if you have electrical issues related to the cord, the donut magnet should be the solution. You can also use dieltcric grease on the connection where it plugs in and if you have cut that wire and spliced it back together for any reason, you wanna use dielectric grease inside the caps or beanies you used to splice with.
If you have a Chargemaster that's been giving you grief, I'd look into those solutions as well as others. But this happened INSTANTLY to me after over ten years, and was fixed just as fast as it started.
Turns out those digital scales are VERY sensitive to static electricity it would seem! Too bad they aren't lined in ESD plastic. Oh well. That ain't gonna stop me from getting another to speed things up.
Figured I'd mention this since it's a common problem that never happened to me, then when it did, I was able to determine the cause and fix it. Hoping this helps others with the Chargemaster because it's truly a great piece of loading gear --when it works of course.
Good luck to all with a Chargemaster, if you have static electricity around it, try mitigating all of that first. The closer it is to the scale, the worse the results.
Then I ordered a Lyman funnel pan and positioned the Chargemaster closer to my .50 press for convenience (which put it directly under a CFL swing lamp). Then I started having problems with the display. Over, under, hell, it was hard to say WHAT it was. I moved it from under the CFL and it did a little better but still doing it.
So I noticed some grains being stuck to the pan after emptying and I also noticed it stripping a few grains out of the tube each time I put the pan back, despite not touching the tube. Yep, we got static electricity ladies and gents!
Went back to the original aluminum pan and put the Chargemaster back where it was and bingo, no more problems. I should note I don't use a magnet on the power cable, I couldn't find it or else it's behind the LR television. Either way, it's not really needed, not for me, my problem was with the pan and light. But if you have electrical issues related to the cord, the donut magnet should be the solution. You can also use dieltcric grease on the connection where it plugs in and if you have cut that wire and spliced it back together for any reason, you wanna use dielectric grease inside the caps or beanies you used to splice with.
If you have a Chargemaster that's been giving you grief, I'd look into those solutions as well as others. But this happened INSTANTLY to me after over ten years, and was fixed just as fast as it started.
Turns out those digital scales are VERY sensitive to static electricity it would seem! Too bad they aren't lined in ESD plastic. Oh well. That ain't gonna stop me from getting another to speed things up.
Figured I'd mention this since it's a common problem that never happened to me, then when it did, I was able to determine the cause and fix it. Hoping this helps others with the Chargemaster because it's truly a great piece of loading gear --when it works of course.
Good luck to all with a Chargemaster, if you have static electricity around it, try mitigating all of that first. The closer it is to the scale, the worse the results.
