I have a large neon light, encased in a plastic housing in my reloading shed.

On a bench, around 7 feet from the scale is this tube, attatched to the roof.

How can I check to see if it is eccafting the scale?

I let it warm up, zero and calibrate every time I use it, when I use the wieghts to check it, there is never any difference.

That said, I often re-wiegh powder charges and find they differ .1 - .3 grain form the initial reading. Is this due to the neon tube?

Try weighing your charges in the dark and see if there's any diff.

...ask a stupid question...

Wait! Wait! How about by candlelight?



OK OK, I'll get serious (but what fun is that?) -

check with the scale maker on this. Actually if this could be a problem, I'd think there'd be a warning about this with the scale's instr. - and/or any other electric interference such as electric motors, case tumblers, TV's, radio's, refrigerators, blenders, microwaves, TV's, VCR's, DVD's, arc welders, nuclear power plants, and other devices commonly found in a reloading room.

[ 10-06-2003, 03:59: Message edited by: sonofagun ]

sonofagun, I like the way you think!
But, the truth is you would probablyl get an erratic reading on the display that would wander up and down a bit and not be able to keep a steady reading. The very best way to check it is with a set of check weights. Then you know for sure.
Of the few cases I've heard of about flourescent lighting causing problems, I've never had any myself and I have a rather large light right above my workbench, not 4 feet from the scale, and I've never had a problem. I guess it just takes certain situations to cause such a problem???