Archive for Term: Display

If your scale's display is only showing partial digits, it may appear that a certain side of the screen is no longer operating. Or it may appear as if a singular portion of the display is out of operation....

Many scales are equipped with dual purpose covers that can be flipped around and used as an expansion tray. This design feature is especially useful when weighing larger items on scales that have smaller weighing platforms. Although each scale has slightly different instructions for using it's cover as an expansion tray, there are generally similar instructions for this feature in all scales.

A weighing mode refers to the unit of measurement displayed by a digital scale while being used to weigh items. For example, if your scale is in ounce weighing mode, then the item's weight will be displayed in ounces....

Negative values are numbers that are less than zero, and are displayed on your digital scale with a minus sign ( — ) in front of the numbers on the display. For example "-10.0g" is negative 10 grams. Negative numbers being displayed is caused by removing a tray or container from the weighing platform after the scale has been tared for a tray or container. The negative value displayed from removing a tray/container after completing a tared weigh is referred to as a tared value. The tared value is equal to the weight of the tray or container subtracted from zero.

Low batteries and poor battery connections are the leading cause of scale malfunction and inaccurate readings when recording measurements on digital scales. For accurate measurements, it is essential that the scale's components receive the required amount of power. Many...