New Powder scale

[EM_556]

I would recommend always having a Mechanical and Electrical scale. That way you can verify. Electronics are great but they can always fail. Gravity is hard to manipulate on a Mechanical setup. Also, you don't want to be stuck with a large scale paperweight when the power goes out.

That being said I have a Old Hornady (Pacific made) beam scale and a RCBS Chargemaster Lite for my mechanical and electrical scales. Both work fantastic.

 

[rayporter]

i run my charge master on a battery. any 12 v deer feeder battery will do or any power bank with a 12 v port will last for days, too.

 

[vonb]

I completely agree!

I bought a charge master 1500 and hated it. I C went back to a beam scale. The CM sits collecting dust.

 

[Loper]

i run my charge master on a battery. any 12 v deer feeder battery will do or any power bank with a 12 v port will last for days, too.

Do you do this so that there isn’t any electrical interference? Do you notice that the scale gets wonky when the battery is low?

 

[rayporter]

actually i do it because i use the scale away from power most of the time but i do know of other shooters that claim they use the battery so there is no interference when they are at home. one even claims it will prolong the life of the charge master. i plug in when i can and have never had any issues.

last month i ran it for 4 days and did not use half the battery. i even forgot to turn it off one night. daily use was about 10 hours. it is a 6000 mh battery at 12v.

so i have not ran down the battery yet. the CM will run on 9v just fine.

 

[Loper]

Thanks for the reply. It’s good to know that it will last that long in a battery.

Wow, 10 hours of daily use…that’s a lot of reloading!