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starway6
#1 Posted : 10/27/2013 10:57:41 PM
I got my new cheap chineese ..[20 gram to 0.001].. pocket scale and im a little confused what these modes mean?
They go... g/oz/ozt/ct/gn ... anyone know one means millgrams??Wut?
It doesnt really say mgs anywhere in book ..this scale is a jewlers scale
 
3rdI
#2 Posted : 10/27/2013 11:05:01 PM
G is probably grams
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#3 Posted : 10/27/2013 11:12:58 PM
Why not simply weigh something of a known weight -less than 20 grams- then cycle through the different modes?
 
Cosmic Spore
#4 Posted : 10/27/2013 11:44:06 PM
starway6 wrote:
I got my new cheap chineese ..[20 gram to 0.001].. pocket scale and im a little confused what these modes mean?
They go... g/oz/ozt/ct/gn ... anyone know one means millgrams??Wut?
It doesnt really say mgs anywhere in book ..this scale is a jewlers scale
milligrams are figured from grams (g).

When set on grams, 0.001g = 1mg; 0.005g = 5 mg; 0.050g = 50 mg; & 0.500g = 500 mg
 
starway6
#5 Posted : 10/28/2013 12:27:10 AM
Cosmic Spore wrote:
starway6 wrote:
I got my new cheap chineese ..[20 gram to 0.001].. pocket scale and im a little confused what these modes mean?
They go... g/oz/ozt/ct/gn ... anyone know one means millgrams??Wut?
It doesnt really say mgs anywhere in book ..this scale is a jewlers scale
milligrams are figured from grams (g).

When set on grams, 0.001g = 1mg; 0.005g = 5 mg; 0.050g = 50 mg; & 0.500g = 500 mg


Thanks much!..ill just set it on grams and let it figure it out
..I mistakenly thought one of the other modes were for mgs only...
 
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#6 Posted : 10/28/2013 7:00:27 AM

g/oz/ozt/ct/gn

gram/ounce/troy ounces/carats/grains

Just for future reference Smile
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