Calibration of the Taylor 7506 Scales Does anyone know how to calibrate this unit??? Mine seems to read about 5 pounds high (I hope)!
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I bought this scale about a month ago. I also wanted to calibrate it. As I have background in electronics, I took the back over off to look for a way to adjust it. I could find no mechanical adjustment anywhere. There is soldered pin sticking out of the printed circuit board with the label "cal", which is almost certainly an electronic calibration connection. As there is no physical adjustment capability apparent, I suspect that adjustment is done electronically at the factory. Just my opinion.
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I have had this scale for two months and love it. Today it gives me an error message of 0-Ld and the weight swings wildly. Put in a new battery but it doesn't help!!! Can it be fixed?
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No, never figured it out. So I bought a new one! If you find out, please post.
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Did you ever get an answer on how to fix the 0-LD. I have the same problem.
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You guys are killing me! I'm shopping for the Taylor 7506 to fill a Christmas list wish.Now I'm not sure which is the best. So many fluctuating comments.But, I'm glad we are all searching and contributing to these reviews. It works outin the end.
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I don't know how to fix the problem, but mine consistently ready 4-5% high. I put a 20 lb weight on it and it reads 20.8 or 21.0 pounds. I put two weights on it and it always reads 41.6 lbs. I want to put something heavier on there to see if the problem is linear, but haven't done so.
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We just had to change the battery in ours. Now it's weighing 7 pounds lighter. Went to dr and yes theirs weighed what it read before the new battery.Surely u don't have to replace scale when battery goes out to get a true weight again???
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I bought this scale January 2010 and it worked wonderfully until 2 weeks ago. Now I can't get it to register. I have replaced the battery and wiggled the pads on the bottom. Any suggestions?
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Tap the scale with your foot just enough so that the display lights up, then take your foot off and wait until the display goes blank. That should do it.
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Hi Angela, The Tanita has been one of the most accurate scales I've ever owned. However, just like other scales I've had it doesn't like to be moved. The accuracy, although only off by a half pound or less, takes a day or two before it gets steady again. Haven't figured out why... just does so, I try not to move it.
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During the calibration procedure it only asked for the 200 gram weight, not the 100 gram one, so I don't know what others are talking about. BTW, I spent a bunch of time calibrating this down to .01, only to realize that it will vary depending where on the scale platform you place the idem being weighed, so it's kind of a waste of time.
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call customer service # in your book, sounds like you need to re calibrate it. LOL Get ready take to a gym, you need like 300 lbs of weight to calibrate.
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Mine came with a 100 Gram weight to calibrate... I let something a bit heavier sit on it the other day and say a number in the 300's and it blanked. On the box there are 2 "check boxes", a 100 Gram Capacity and a 200 Gram Capacity. My check box is the 100 gram version. Again though, I have mistakenly seen over 300 on mine (causing blank), I just don't know that it was accurate as I wasn't trying to get a measurement.
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To be honest I never bother calibrating mine, and things have turned out okay. I did realize that was kind of dumb so compared the known weight of an object (weighed on another, calibrated one) to the weight shown on my scale and it was close enough for my purposes (like off by 0.1 or 0.01 (can't remember if there's two points after the decimal or not)). Though you can always calibrate w a nickel or other coin w a known weight of course.
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I don't have a scale that go so low - it should be ~2-3 Kgmakes a humm....the 750W (STU-750) does not ...Ami
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I suppose it' possible that you have a damaged or faulty scale, but make sure you have it placed on a firm, hard, level surface before using it. I have calibrated my scale with two of my doctors, both of whom have similar, but larger electronic scales & both matched perfectly with mine. However, another, old fashion "weighted" scale was "light" by several pounds.
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Yes it can be re-calibrated if necessary. When I do it the scale asks for a 1000.0 g weight. I don't have any so I just check it with the smaller weight set I have. You can buy the weight on ebay for 17 USD or so. Wish they stated this in the product description. Good luck. Joe
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I routinely measure 0.04 grams, works for me but I have no way to compare. The calibration seems right on.
60802
I do not believe this unit required calibration. I checked it against some 1 to 4 oz letters I had and it registered correctly. I have used this for up to 13 oz, including flats, and have sent a lot of mail using it. So far, no issues. Good unit for the price.
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I don't think there is any way to calibrate a scale with out using a known weight to adjust a scale with. Use another scale and fill a container with something that weights 100 grams with the container, then you can use that to calibrate the other scale. Then the scale is calibrated to the scale used the make the weight. If you have a calibrating weight it is a lot easier to check your scales. Hope this helps.
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No, you do not have to calibrate this scale. It work great just out of the box. I highly recommend it!
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Hello. I believe that 10 in-Lb. is the lowest setting and the calibration chart that was sent along with my unit stated that at 10 in-lb. it registered 10.85. 30 in-lb. setting calibrated at 29.90 and 60 in-lb. it registered 60.40 Hope that is of help to you.
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Buy one of the new electronic scales. Less meshing around and probably more accurate and take up less space. Pounds and inches.
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Hi Zitch I just look up the operating instructions on line and it does not indicate that you can calibrate this gauge. I have checked mine against a few manual gauges and it was very accurate. Hope this helps. Dave.
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I just wrote that mine was off by a pound. the instructs say to have it calibrated by local cornell cooperative but don't think they still do it (can always check in your area). If you are going for 15 pounds and it reads 14 but the regulator is jiggling, I'd assume it's fine.