{"id":3463,"date":"2019-12-31T15:09:49","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T23:09:49","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-12-11T16:00:36","modified_gmt":"2020-12-12T00:00:36","slug":"3463","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/3463","title":{"rendered":"Why is my VSMT force sensor stuck at a high reading (>1000 N)?"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are at least two possible causes for the force sensor to read a high constant value.<\/p>\n

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  1. It has been stressed beyond its capacity and the strain gauge has been physically damaged.<\/li>\n
  2. The wiring has been damaged and has been short circuited, making the sensor read a constant high voltage.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    In either case the load cell must be returned for repair. Contact Vernier Technical Support at 888-837-6437.<\/p>\n

    Vernier Structures & Materials Tester (VSMT) Troubleshooting and FAQs<\/a>
    \n    Go Direct Structures & Materials Tester (GDX-VSMT) Troubleshooting and FAQs<\/a><\/p>\n

    For instructions for removing the force sensor from your Structures Tester go to:
    \n    How do I remove the force sensor from the Vernier Structures and Materials Tester (VSMT)?<\/a>
    \n    Do I need to send the entire unit in to repair my Go Direct Structures & Materials Tester?<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    There are at least two possible causes for the force sensor to read a high constant value. It has been stressed beyond its capacity and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":86433,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[582,5670,5829,5863,5671,464,460],"class_list":["post-3463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-force-sensor","tag-godzilla","tag-load-cell","tag-materials-tester","tag-stress","tag-structure","tag-vsmt"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3463","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\/86433"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3463\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}