cadarnell

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why is it when I spin my hydrometer in the tube it always ends up facing the wrong way ???

zazbnf

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Could be your just standing on the wrong side?

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ClarnoBrewer

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+++1

It always stops just shy of me being able to see the right markings. I can't remember ever having it stop in the right spot the first time.

cadarnell

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I have even tried to trick it ... I put it on the island bar, spun it and then ran around to the other side ... it stopped facing the way I was originally standing ... its the curse of the hydrometer

TyTanium

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Try blowing on the tube, or just over the opening of the tube. Works every time.

Ceetar

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That's why I lift it back up and read it based on where the foam line is.

ClarnoBrewer

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Put it on one of those spinning barstools!

Airplanedoc

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It is because you are starting the rotation of the hydrometer 180 deg from where you should be.

GilaMinumBeer

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You have to set it on fire on the side you want to read, that way the smoke will follow you.

ClarnoBrewer

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Next time, I'm going to turn the hydrometer 180* before I spin it. That should solve the problem.

Also, this is the goofiest thread ever. Accurate, but ridiculous!