Thats not possible!!

This hydrometer just fell 5 feet off the top of the fridge onto the concrete floor of the garage, and survived. Maybe I should buy a lottery ticket.

And then on the next brewday, you'll just gently drop it into the wort in the test jar, and it'll break. That's just Murphy's Law.

Yooper said:

And then on the next brewday, you'll just gently drop it into the wort in the test jar, and it'll break. That's just Murphy's Law.

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Actually, that's exactly how my only ever hydrometer casualty happened. I dropped into the test vial and it shattered. You're right though... This is gonna come at a cost.

Put it up on the wall with a nice placard celebrating its death-defying act, and then go buy a new one

I've got a couple back ups... Including a nice $25 Swiss made one that I never use. That one would have broke for sure.

bottlebomber said:

...Maybe I should buy a lottery ticket.

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No point, you just used up a years worth of luck on your hydrometer

mattd2 said:

No point, you just used up a years worth of luck on your hydrometer

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EXACTLY what I was thinking!

It survived the fall, but is it still accurate?

How do you test it to see if it's still accurate?

lol i just broke another one last night

Hartski said:

How do you test it to see if it's still accurate?

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Put it in boiling water and make sure it gets up to temp, then quickly take a reading in ice water.

Hartski said:

How do you test it to see if it's still accurate?

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Put it in water. It should read 1.000

Hartski said:

How do you test it to see if it's still accurate?

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Pee on it.

jmendez29 said:

Put it in water. It should read 1.000

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That's not enough. Need to test at 2 points.

Mix 16 ounces of water with 4 ounces of table sugar. Heat and stir until dissolved thoroughly. Pour into hydrometer test jar. Should measure 1.083.

bottlebomber said:

This hydrometer just fell 5 feet off the top of the fridge onto the concrete floor of the garage, and survived. Maybe I should buy a lottery ticket.

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Must be the result of Clean Living!

passedpawn said:

That's not enough. Need to test at 2 points.

Mix 16 ounces of water with 4 ounces of table sugar. Heat and stir until dissolved thoroughly. Pour into hydrometer test jar. Should measure 1.083.

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If it is just to re-test if it is still correct why 2 points? I can't see dropping it would crush the paper so that the scaling is now incorrect Ofcorse you might just find it was never right :cross:

JRems said:

It survived the fall, but is it still accurate?

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I thought about that. The paper may have shot down in the glass.

Airborneguy said:

Pee on it.

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1.020

passedpawn said:

That's not enough. Need to test at 2 points.

Mix 16 ounces of water with 4 ounces of table sugar. Heat and stir until dissolved thoroughly. Pour into hydrometer test jar. Should measure 1.083.

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That's cool, I've never thought about that. I'll have to try it

Bigcorona said:

Must be the result of Clean Living!

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If I wasn't Clean Living I would have made the hydro into a crack pipe a long time ago. It's perfect.

The second time. The second time this hydrometer has met concrete. I admit that this time as it was falling from a fumbled (empty) test vial I shot out a foot to break the fall, it bounced right off my foot and came to a clatter on the floor of the garage. I don't even want to use it anymore. I should have it mounted.

That's pretty cool.

I've never broken one either.

I have yet to break one.

Third times a charm? If it happens again and it still doesn't break then you have somehow officially zombified your hydrometer lol. It may not be alive but it lives to test another day.