Whats wrong with my hydrometer?

[Gayle]

I just racked a couple of wines, on the first the FG read at 0.990, the next one looked like 0.980. I don't even know if homebrew/wine can go that low! So I tested it in a bottle of water at 20 degrees (tested with digi thermometer).

I've ordered a new one, which will hopefully be here soon. I hope the campden tabs won't knock out the yeast completely, if fermentation hasn't finished yet. What could have caused the old one to break? :wha:

 

[calumscott]

strange one that...

your hydrometer has become more dense.

To do that it must either:

- have become smaller in volume which, being glass, is quite unlikely.
- have become more massive. I suspect a leak...

 

[fermentall]

Could be the inner scale has slid down giving a false reading

 

[calumscott]

Could be the inner scale has slid down giving a false reading

:lol: I don't think there is even enough room to get that meniscus on the scale even if the paper were right at the top!! Gotta be something more serious...

 

[fermentall]

didn't even look at the photo just read the script(write out 1000 times, I must pay more attention)

 

[Gayle]

Thanks for your replies, I went and looked at it again and noticed theres a bit of water inside it! DH pointed out a crack on the bottom, where it likely got in. Mystery solved :thumb:

I've no idea how long this has been like this :lol: my trial jar isn't tall enough to show that something has feremented dry, so I dont use it much. I think that was my third hydrometer in a year

 

[oldbloke]

Hey! My wife's fave choc bar is Wispa Gold!
But she's more of a crisp person really

 

[eggman]

Hey! My wife's fave choc bar is Wispa Gold!
But she's more of a crisp person really

Was just about to say what thread were you reading, then I spotted it :lol: :lol:

 

[oldbloke]

Hey! My wife's fave choc bar is Wispa Gold!
But she's more of a crisp person really

Was just about to say what thread were you reading, then I spotted it :lol: :lol:

ISTR sigs are stuck on dynamically, so when G eventually changes hers my comment will seem very mysterious

 

[joe1002]

Hey! My wife's fave choc bar is Wispa Gold!
But she's more of a crisp person really

Was just about to say what thread were you reading, then I spotted it :lol: :lol:

ISTR sigs are stuck on dynamically, so when G eventually changes hers my comment will seem very mysterious

We can just blame it on age :lol: :lol:

 

[calumscott]

Hey! My wife's fave choc bar is Wispa Gold!
But she's more of a crisp person really

Was just about to say what thread were you reading, then I spotted it :lol: :lol:

ISTR sigs are stuck on dynamically, so when G eventually changes hers my comment will seem very mysterious

They are also not stuck on by Tapatalk...

...that's 20 minutes wasted last night that I won't ever get back...

:rofl: