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Offline Skyview

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Feeling Nostalgic
« on: June 21, 2015, 02:09:26 AM »
So who else here has had to use one of these before?



And who else here has had to calibrate one of these before?


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Re: Feeling Nostalgic
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2015, 05:58:20 AM »
Never actually calibrated but used both along with one of these.
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Re: Feeling Nostalgic
« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2015, 08:47:31 AM »
I have a lot of barometers but have never been able to find a "Stick". Would give a pretty penny for one but would have to go get it since you can't ship Mercury anymore. The rarest barometer I have is a Mechanism LTD. Precision Aneroid Barometer Type M1991. Neat toy!

Have but don't use the Sling Psychrometer. Instead use a Instruments For Industry Psychro-Dyne.

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Re: Feeling Nostalgic
« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2015, 12:36:10 PM »
The power plant I worked at 36 years had a very similar barometer on the control room wall. We actually stopped using it some 15-20 years ago for the computerized version. 
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Re: Feeling Nostalgic
« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2015, 01:55:28 PM »
I had the old sling psychometer but it has a broken thermometer from a "slinging mishap". This happened back in the days before HazMat teams would be called for the mercury spill...  :roll:

It took a while to get the knack to start it going and to stop it as I recall.

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Re: Feeling Nostalgic
« Reply #5 on: June 21, 2015, 03:03:31 PM »
Have used them both including a fan-aspirated psychrometer.  :-)  Have a hand held sling now for comparison/backup readings but the newer digital ones are much easier to read.

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Re: Feeling Nostalgic
« Reply #6 on: June 21, 2015, 03:19:17 PM »
I purchased a digital without the fan and found you still need good air flow for accuracy. So I find myself slinging it also  :lol:
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Re: Feeling Nostalgic
« Reply #7 on: June 21, 2015, 04:17:20 PM »
Funny, I used the sling in 8th grade science class. My teacher was a big weather buff and he was instrumental on starting my path of becoming a weather enthusiast. He was by far my favorite teacher.

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Re: Feeling Nostalgic
« Reply #8 on: June 21, 2015, 05:02:42 PM »
I have the sling psychrometer and the mercurial barometer.  I removed the mercury 20 years ago and turned it over to a chemistry professor for disposal.
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Re: Feeling Nostalgic
« Reply #9 on: June 22, 2015, 02:44:50 AM »
I had the old sling psychometer but it has a broken thermometer from a "slinging mishap". This happened back in the days before HazMat teams would be called for the mercury spill...  :roll:

Sorry, but that one made me :lol: We had someone that did the same thing and we never let them live it down. It happens... Kids back then played with the stuff...Glad I only came in contact with it once...

Thanks for all the responses. I had a feeling several people here would have experience with them given that I know there are many here who are my age or older.

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Re: Feeling Nostalgic
« Reply #10 on: June 24, 2015, 09:13:44 PM »
Used the old sling for setting up HVAC units aboard ships. Was an way of checking the systems instruments against what was happening in the room.

John
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Re: Feeling Nostalgic
« Reply #11 on: September 05, 2015, 09:16:30 PM »
I still have all those and still use them.
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Re: Feeling Nostalgic
« Reply #12 on: September 05, 2015, 09:40:59 PM »
I have a bunch of sling psychrometers in my classroom.  We use them outside.



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Re: Feeling Nostalgic
« Reply #13 on: September 05, 2015, 09:53:01 PM »
Im not that old and still everything is so different today...

I remember making calls with this:


And I also remember the first time I actually wrote "sometihng" about the weather and that was when I was about 10 and there was a partial solar eclipse here and I remember I prepared like a leaflet for my mom about it :D I used this:

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Re: Feeling Nostalgic
« Reply #14 on: September 06, 2015, 12:09:26 AM »
I am that old and trying to get my Hikcam working...
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Re: Feeling Nostalgic
« Reply #15 on: September 09, 2015, 04:17:57 PM »
I often get asked about the Princo on how to set it and how to take a pressure reading. It's not the easiest thing to use and it can get confusing. I made a video that shows how to do all this. I use the Princo at home to check my other barometers since the Princo is NIST certified. In this video I'm checking the calibration of my Vaisala HB-1A barometer.

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Re: Feeling Nostalgic
« Reply #16 on: September 10, 2015, 05:25:56 AM »
Man...that brings back some memories  :lol: