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Re: bathroom scale hysteresis

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  1. Original post
    Tam/WB2TT
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    Sneaky scales fudge weights deliberately.

    I suspect that many modern, microprocessor -controlled bathroom scales
    have programmed in hysteresis to ....................

    John,
    My guess is that the hysteresis is caused by friction in the mechanical
    workings.

    Tam

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  2. John Miller
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    Tam/WB2TT said:

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    Quoted message said:

    I suspect that many modern, microprocessor -controlled bathroom scales
    have programmed in hysteresis to ....................

    My guess is that the hysteresis is caused by friction in the mechanical
    workings.

    Occam would agree...

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    John Miller
    email domain: n4vu.com; username: jsm(@)

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  3. James Meyer
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    On Sun, 29 May 2005 19:20:02 GMT, John Miller <[email hidden]> wroth:

    Quoted message said:
    Tam/WB2TT said:

    <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    I suspect that many modern, microprocessor -controlled bathroom scales
    have programmed in hysteresis to ....................

    My guess is that the hysteresis is caused by friction in the mechanical
    workings.

    Occam would agree...

    Occam might agree, but only if he never read the whole thread.

    Jim

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  4. Ken Taylor
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    "James Meyer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    On Sun, 29 May 2005 19:20:02 GMT, John Miller <[email hidden]> wroth:

    Quoted message said:
    Tam/WB2TT said:

    <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...
    >I suspect that many modern, microprocessor -controlled bathroom scales
    >have programmed in hysteresis to ....................

    My guess is that the hysteresis is caused by friction in the mechanical
    workings.

    Occam would agree...

    Occam might agree, but only if he never read the whole thread.

    Jim


    Occam should have grown a beard - much simpler.

    Ken

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