{"id":13334,"date":"2021-10-14T10:05:27","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T17:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/?p=13334"},"modified":"2024-03-13T10:22:22","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T17:22:22","slug":"my-force-plate-does-not-read-correctly-and-it-sounds-like-something-is-rattling-around-inside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/13334","title":{"rendered":"My Force Plate does not read correctly and it sounds like something is rattling inside."},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>This issue pertains to the <strong><em>original <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"\/product\/force-plate\/\">Force Plate<\/a> (<nobr>FP-BTA<\/nobr>), shown here. Newer Force Plates, shipped after November 10, 2023, do not have this issue.<br \/><a href=\"\/til\/18670\/\">Which force plate do I have?<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/product.fp-bta._hero.001-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/product.fp-bta._hero.001-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/product.fp-bta._hero.001-1-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/product.fp-bta._hero.001-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/product.fp-bta._hero.001-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/product.fp-bta._hero.001-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The issue is caused by metal pins in the load cells falling out, which can happen during shipping. An additional symptom may be that if you squeeze the top and bottom of the force plate together at one corner with your fingers, the top surface of the force plate will tip toward the corner you are squeezing. Tilting the force plate and turning it upside down and back may result in pins falling out of the housing.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/Force-Plate-unboxing.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This force plate has the problem of pins dropped out of load cells during shipping<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Force plates with this problem will not read correctly and cannot be calibrated to read correctly.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a force plate with this issue, contact Vernier technical support for assistance at <a href=\"mailto:physics@vernier.com\">physics@vernier.com<\/a> or 888-837-6437.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/til\/1416\/\">Force Plate Troubleshooting and FAQs<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This issue pertains to the original , shown here. Newer Force Plates, shipped after November 10, 2023, do not have this issue. The issue is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43901,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43901"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13334\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}