"pltrgyst" > wrote in message
...
> On 5/19/15 10:40 AM, taxed and spent wrote:
>
>> dummy - read the manual!
>>
>> http://www.northerntool.com/images/d...uals/30737.pdf
>
> The manual's specs are meaningless. It says 1 gram, .01 ounce, and .001
> pound.
>
> 1 pound is ~454 grams; 1 ounce is ~28 grams. So the claimed resolution fof
> .001 pound is roughly twice the 1 gram claim; the claimed resolution of
> .01 ounce is roughly four times the 1 gram claim. Since the 1 gram claim
> is emblazoned on the machine, I'd tend to believe that.
>
> Those claimed resolutions simply tell you what the software is
> interpreting the low-order bits of the analog-to-digital converter.
>
> In any event, as any freshman science student can tell you, all of those
> claimed resolutions are absolutely meaningless without knowing the
> corresponding repeatability.
>
> IOW, having one gram resolution doesn't mean much if three successive
> weighings of the same item are, say, 101 grams, 107 grams, and 115 grams.
>
> -- Larry
>

you may be right, but you are only guessing.

and none of the ounce or pounds resolutions equal 0.1 gram.