How To Use Honey Refractometer
Hold light plate in the direction of light source a look eyepiece now see clearly two field blue and white fields.
How to use honey refractometer. In a little clean room 20 25 c place your opened honey tank covered by clean cloth and the dehumidifier. It is a three in one device meaning that it lets you know three indexes at the same time including baume brix and honey moisture. Hold the instrument towards a bright light for easier reading of the result. Wait 2 3 or 4 days and use your refractometer for control. Hold the frame over the butcher paper.
The moisture content of honey should be 17 8 or less. The extraction went really wel. Use a thin film of honey on the instrument. A q tip or finger can be used to spread the sample over the glass. If it doesn t work rusty idea is a good way.
Hold both sides side bars of the frame. Bees cap honey when sufficient moisture has been removed but beekeepers often harvest frames with many uncapped cells or store extracted honey in excessively humid rooms. Calibration of the refractometer. The automatic temperatures compensation that. For more information on honey refractometers search for honey or navigate to the digital handheld category and use the filters to view the selection of honey refractometers.
Two things are critical for accurate measurement of water content of honey. Honey refractometer use and calibration a refractometer measures the degree that light passing through a solution is bent. Hold the open cells of the frame so the open cells are facing away from you. Without bad smells. All that you have to do is take a sample of the honey you want to test and cover the prism or well of your refractometer.
For honey with too water inside you can use an electric dehumidifier. Moisture 12 27 baume 38 43 and brix 58 90. A honey technical bulleting is available from misco customer service or from any of the honey refractometer pages. Make sure that both your refractometer and honey are room temperature for best results. Inspect a frame of honey for open cells.