OHAUS 1200-00, Instruction Manual

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UNPACKING AND SET-UP UNPACKING AND SET-UP
UNPACKING AND SET-UP UNPACKING AND SET-UP UNPACKING AND SET-UP
Carefully remove the balance and pans from the carton. The corrugated shipping
inserts contain packages of push nuts and weights.
Place the balance on a reasonably flat and level surface with the color-coded,
removable pans on their matching platforms.
NOTE NOTE
NOTE NOTE NOTE: If desired, the pans can be permanently attached to the platforms by means
of the four push nuts provided, two for each pan. Press them over diagonally opposite
studs which will protrude from the bottoms of the pans through the holes in the
platforms.
ZEROING THE BALANCE ZEROING THE BALANCE ZEROING THE BALANCE ZEROING THE BALANCE ZEROING THE BALANCE
Before weighing and with no weight on the pans, the balance indicator should line up
with the center graduation on the recessed dial. If adjustment is necessary, rotate the
zero adjustment wheel located to the right of the dial, see Figure 2.
Figure 2. Zeroing the Balance, Model 1210-00 Shown.
Color coded, high impact polystyrene
pans, 3.2 cm deep for greater capacity
with easy pour corners.
Manual damping wire Zero adjust wheel for
loop for speedier correction of out-of-
weighings and teaching balance condition.
of damping principle.