> > water in %        dens. kg/l
> > 13                   1,446
> > 14                   1,440
> > 15                   1,435
> > 16                   1,430
> > 17                   1,424
> > 18                   1,417
> > 19                   1,410
> > 20                   1,403
> > 21                   1,395
 
> You'd be starting with a pretty heavy mead to see values like that -
> unlikely to get fermentation going. My hydrometer only goes up to
> 1.17. Maybe there would be a way to mix a known amount of water at a
> known SG & Temp with a known amount of honey at a known temp to
> bring the combined density to a value within the hydrometer's scale,
> measure it and work backwards using the ratios of water to honey to
> calculate the SG of the honey and therefore ..... where was I going
> with this???
 
The easiest and cheapest way to investigate water content in
honey is: weigh an empty jar = EJ. Fill the same jar with 20
degrees warm water (make a mark on the jar) and weigh again
= WJ. Empty out the water, dry the jar and fill the jar with exactly
same volume (to the mark on the jar) of honey (again 20 degrees
celsius) = HJ. The scale must have at least 1 g accuracy.
 
Density = ( HJ - EJ ) / ( WJ - EJ )
 
Look in the table above in the conversion table.
 
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