mjime714 Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Refractometers are arriving on Thursday. Everyone that has paid should receive it on Friday or Saturday. Sweet!! Thanks for doing this rbdesigns! Link to comment
rbdesigns Posted September 15, 2006 Author Share Posted September 15, 2006 Hi guys I shipped out all the paid refractometers today. Hopefully SoCal people should start seiing them in the mail tomorrow. For those who haven't paid please do so by tomorrow morning. Ron Link to comment
Jolio99 Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 Now that friday is here, does the standby list now have dibs? Link to comment
rbdesigns Posted September 15, 2006 Author Share Posted September 15, 2006 Now that friday is here, does the standby list now have dibs? yeah go ahead and send the $32 to rbdesigns@mac.com and I will get the refractometer in the mail today. Link to comment
MrMoFo Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 yeah go ahead and send the $32 to rbdesigns@mac.com and I will get the refractometer in the mail today. Did i miss out on this deal? Link to comment
Jolio99 Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 Stupid paypal.... I have to verify my credit card now? I really hate paypal. I didnt use my account for like a year and they closed it so I had to spend way too much time opening one and now I cant even use it. What a joke. I will get the payment to you asap but I have to wait to verify my credit card. Link to comment
rbdesigns Posted September 16, 2006 Author Share Posted September 16, 2006 All refractometers are spoken for. Last 3 are for: Row12 solro jolio99 Link to comment
paradicio Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 I'm in SoCal, got mine in the mail yesterday. Arrived in perfect condition, thanks so much for putting together this great deal, this thing is awesome! Link to comment
tegallegos Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 I live in SE Texas and I got mine this morning. I really appreciate the group buy and rbdesigns for putting it all together. I have a question about calibrating this new toy. The instructions say that ambient room temperature should be 68 degrees F. Well my house gets down to 71 degrees F at night but that is it. How important is this Temp to calibrate and what do you guys do to calibrate...this is my first refractometer? Also, I use distilled water for top offs but do add SeaChem buffer, Ca, and I to the water will this effect the calibration at all? Thanx for any input Thomas Link to comment
FateX9 Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 insane im in FL and i wasnt really expecting them today and after reading that tegallegos got his i went to check it out low and behold there they were crazy still havent opened yet but ill get to it soon enough Edit: Just checked my tank and the hydrometer is off by 5 ppt! Thanks for putting this together Ron Link to comment
SanDiego_NanoReef Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 Mine arrived yesterday. This thing is AWESOME! Thank you! ! ! Link to comment
moonyguy Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 Mine arrived today (North Dakota). Tested it out and I am impressed. Very easy to work with and very very accurate. I am amazed how this has changed the way I check my salinity. In future if you decide to sell anymore things I would buy from you again. Thanks for the help. Vishnu Link to comment
rbdesigns Posted September 17, 2006 Author Share Posted September 17, 2006 I live in SE Texas and I got mine this morning. I really appreciate the group buy and rbdesigns for putting it all together. I have a question about calibrating this new toy. The instructions say that ambient room temperature should be 68 degrees F. Well my house gets down to 71 degrees F at night but that is it. How important is this Temp to calibrate and what do you guys do to calibrate...this is my first refractometer? Also, I use distilled water for top offs but do add SeaChem buffer, Ca, and I to the water will this effect the calibration at all? Thanx for any input Thomas I have never been able to calibrate at 68F. As long as u wait 20 seconds for the water to match the temperature of the prism it should be ok. I would use pure water whether RO or distilled to calibrate it. Hey guys, u are welcome. Glad everyone liked the refractometers. Link to comment
tegallegos Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 Thanx rbdesigns...I waited until going to bed last night and the Temp in the living room was at 69F so I calibrated with fresh distilled water( I waited 30 seconds before reading). It only needed minor adjustment like less then a quater turn of the screw on top. I tested my tank water and it was spot on at 1.024 which is what it should have been according to my buddies refractometer. My deep six hydrometer is off by -0.004. Link to comment
MLK Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Got mine on saturday. Can someone point me towards directions on how to use this thing? Never had one before and mine didnt come with any instructions. Link to comment
moonyguy Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Hi MLK, Here is what I did. 1. Took some RO water and put 3 drops on the prism and then put the cover. Waited for 20 seconds. 2. Looking through the eyepiece I used the small screwdriver to turn the screw on the top till the calibration for RO water read 0 3. Then wiped the water off and took some salt water from the tank and put three drops on the prism and waited for 20 seconds. Then I looked through the eyepiece and read off the salinity. Mine came to about 1.025 @ 82.0 F. Not sure if this is the correct procedure but since I didnt get any instructions I went with the commonsense approach. good luck Vishnu Link to comment
rbdesigns Posted September 18, 2006 Author Share Posted September 18, 2006 Did u guys check under the foam for the directions? I thought I double checked them all since, last time a couple didn't come with any. Link to comment
tegallegos Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Yeah, my instruction set were under the foam. Link to comment
InLimbo87 Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 no chance on getting one of these still for $32 shipped, or is the group buy completely over? Link to comment
rbdesigns Posted September 18, 2006 Author Share Posted September 18, 2006 The group buy is over, only way to get more would be to start another thread for 50. Link to comment
Andy Somnifac Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Got mine today. Everything looks great. Thanks a lot for setting this up. Link to comment
Truck_Under_Water Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Got mine! Thx Link to comment
Galloping Goose Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 Im new here, and bummer I missed out on the group buy. Any chance this will start again soon for me to get in on the action? Link to comment
aquarookie Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 Got mines too!!! Thanks!! Link to comment
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