DISTILLATEUR Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 does anyone have a source for hydrometers, density meters and thermometers for tax determination? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWFiggins Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 does anyone have a source for hydrometers, density meters and thermometers for tax determination? Hi Colin, try these: www.nova-techusa.com for thermometers and Bellwether hydrometers, and www.anton-paar.com for their DMA-35 densitometer, it's just tops! A happy and prosperous new year to you! Rusty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 H-B Instrument is the Cal-Lab that TTB uses for their own stuff. They manufacture hydrometers and thermometers. They will sell direct to Basic Permit holders. Nova-Tech is a reseller of Bellwether hydrometers. Alcohol Proof Hydrometers The IRS types are the 6400 series...0.2%. Higher Precision Hydrometers These are 0.1%. There's also a waste alcohol hydrometer that's 0-5 proof in another section. This is the thermometer you'll want to use to check calibration of other thermometers - it's expensive: NIST Traceable Mercury This is your working thermometer It's full immersion, and 0.5% of scale. You likely do not need a full set of hydrometers. Tax determination (bottling) is the time when you really need the high accuracy of precision hydrometers and thermometers. You can spend less than $500 for everything that's essential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrEwing Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Hi Colin, try these: www.nova-techusa.com for thermometers and Bellwether hydrometers, and www.anton-paar.com for their DMA-35 densitometer, it's just tops! A happy and prosperous new year to you! Rusty Rusty - The web site for Novatech doesn't have a - between Nova and Tech the correct web address is www.novatechusa.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearwaterbrewer Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 FYI - the listed thermometers seem to have gone end-of-life (maybe due to the mercury?) I found these to be what I would replace with: the 20476: H-B Instrument # 3/4124 30 to 124°F DURAC Plus Partial Immersion Liquid-in-Glass Thermometer, with a NIST Traceable Calibration Certificate Novatech B60205-0700 $261.20 the 20470: H-B Instrument # 6/1124 30 to 124°F DURAC Plus Precision Glass Thermometer Novatech B60730-1300 $65.26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Is the DMA-35 certified by the TTB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluestar Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Is the DMA-35 certified by the TTB? NO. Check the TTB site, there is now a recent circular on certified densitometers for proofing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Paar Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Is the DMA-35 certified by the TTB? As stated above, the DMA 35 is not TTB approved as it does not control temperature like the TTB approved bench top units do. It does have built in temperature correction, so you do not have to look on any tables to get your % or proof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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