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westend wrote:

NinerBikes wrote:

westend wrote:

SCVJeff wrote:
Rather than start a new thread since everyone is here.. Any of you battery boys ever used one of THESE ?

Nope, it looks like the typical circular counter weighted hydrometers but in a better package.

Francis Freas has made the industry standard glass hydrometer for a number of years. You can buy direct from them, singly here, or buy eight of them plus shipping and give them away as Xmas gifts to your RV buddies.

A little spendy for a stocking stuffer, eh?

I dunno, unless my math is bad or comprehension lacking, the eight for $59 + $18 shipping works out to be less than $9 a unit. I don't feel that's too much for you to pay for my Xmas gift, lol. :B

As Mex mentioned, proper tool use with these rubber ended hydrometers involves the rinse cycle. I rinse mine three times when I'm done and put it away in the enclosed battery box, at hand for another use. I'm not tapping away trying to eliminate air bubbles and the rinse may have something to do with that.

The cut sheet that was posted shows that the hydrometer under consideration isn't your garden variety circular job. That looks like a good tool.

My take on it was that only 2 of the 8 were Freas brand hydrometers, the ones shown, not all 8 units?

My Freas has 11 years and who-knows-how-many dips on it. The rubber is like brand new and yes, the bulb and tip are genuine 100% rubber as derived from a tree.

NinerBikes wrote:

westend wrote:

SCVJeff wrote:
Rather than start a new thread since everyone is here.. Any of you battery boys ever used one of THESE ?

Nope, it looks like the typical circular counter weighted hydrometers but in a better package.

Francis Freas has made the industry standard glass hydrometer for a number of years. You can buy direct from them, singly here, or buy eight of them plus shipping and give them away as Xmas gifts to your RV buddies.

A little spendy for a stocking stuffer, eh?

I dunno, unless my math is bad or comprehension lacking, the eight for $59 + $18 shipping works out to be less than $9 a unit. I don't feel that's too much for you to pay for my Xmas gift, lol. :B

As Mex mentioned, proper tool use with these rubber ended hydrometers involves the rinse cycle. I rinse mine three times when I'm done and put it away in the enclosed battery box, at hand for another use. I'm not tapping away trying to eliminate air bubbles and the rinse may have something to do with that.

The cut sheet that was posted shows that the hydrometer under consideration isn't your garden variety circular job. That looks like a good tool.

Alright SCVJeff... did you push the "Buy It Now" button yet, or not? :h

HERE is the cut sheet on it.
I'm all for doing SG on batteries as well, but everyone has had to either tap bubbles, or tap to see if that's really where the float wants to be. Technology marches on, and if this thing eliminates these two issues, as well as water creep on the float, I'm all for it. I have a friend that has one coming, so I'll play and compare up against the glass.

Spendy? Not up against a Freas...

Even the bulbs and tips on a Freas will dry and crack unless they are rinsed in domestic water after each use. Fill the column as much as possible, invert the instrument, let the water slosh around in the bulb and expel. Keep the instrument out of direct sunlight.

bigcitypopo wrote:
mena... which inverter are you running for that TV? i take it a rather small one... lol

I have two TV's in the rig. And sometimes we bring the 40" along. :) I use a GoPower PSW 300W. I can run all three at the same time along with their associated DTV boxes. But with these low power TV's, you could run a few of them off a 150W.

mena... which inverter are you running for that TV? i take it a rather small one... lol

SCVJeff wrote:
Rather than start a new thread since everyone is here.. Any of you battery boys ever used one of THESE ?

Never used that one myself. I have a Freas. :)

I'd almost buy one of those just to display on a knick-knack shelf - since we have AGM batteries - for one reason and one reaon only ... it's made in Germany. The last hydrometer I owned centuries ago probably had it's rubber bulb dry out and crack in 3-4 years - typical.

You'll never reqret buying quality, you just have to figure out how to pay for it.