Bassmaster
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- WMU 48 - Whitetail country
Gem Pro 250
- Thread starter PitBull1973
- Start date
Anybody ever have issues with it not zeroing or just wildly fluctuating? Mine has been super solid until today. It'll settle at a zero when I tare it with nothing on it but as soon as I place the pan or anything on it, it just fluctuates wildly and way over-reads for things of known value. Tried calibrating it numerous times. Emailed Myweigh through their website but yet to hear back. Pemberton is smoked out right now and I was hoping to just sit in the garage and load ammo... sigh
Some tips and tricks is to ensure there are no electronic devices that would interfere with the scale eg. laptop, cell phones, some florescent light bulbs, cordless phones etc. Ferrite cores, (little snappy things around wires that look like magnets) help with some magnetic interference. Allow the scale to warm up at lease 24hrs also I notice the air has been very dry as well so static maybe an issue. Just some thoughts.
This!!!
When I got my Gempro, it was amazing. I levelled it, let it warm up all day and made sure there was no fan or open window nearby. It worked great. Then, the next two times I tried to use it, it "yo-yo'd" all over the place, sometimes refusing to stop moving.
It took me a bit of interfering to realize that the cellphone I had sitting beside it was the culprit. Once I removed that, changed the lighting from a florescent, it worked like a charm. I do want to grab some ferrite cores though, they are cheap and easy to install.
Yeah, I got rid of the cell phone, although that didn't use to bother it, made sure there were no other electronic devices around. The lighting in the garage is fluorescent but it's never been a problem before... Maybe it's the static. Might get some ferrite cores, I guess and try grounding it. They should build the damn thing with a ground in it!
Heard back from Myweigh customer service and they suggested calibrating it without the metal "plate" on it. Said sometimes it causes errors. Seemed strange to me but it worked so I guess I'll just do without that plate from here on out. They did offer to have me send it in if that didn't work as well. Pretty happy with their cs!
- Location
- West Quebec
+1 Will give that a try had problems with mine losing calibration.
Try rubbing the surfaces with a dryer sheet. Most likely your scale caught an electrostatic charge.
