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12/31/11, 06:26 AM
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Originally Posted by BoogieNights
Same to you. I am really hoping that 2012 is TONS better for me than 2011 was.
So here is to a new year
So here is to a new year
12/31/11, 06:31 AM
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12/31/11, 12:23 PM
12/31/11, 12:47 PM
i'll be happy to just live to 77
12/31/11, 01:00 PM
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Looking at this one because it has a replaceable sensor - rather than mailing it in to be re-calibrated every 6 mos. For me, I'd just like to use it a few times to know what 1 or 2 beers does and how long it takes to safely be under .08. (I only drink whisky at home with the keys on the hook)
AlcoMate Prem AL7000
http://www.alcohol-breathalyzers.com/als15.asp
Found this that shows how fussy the 'official' machine is:
The Seven Secrets of the Intoxilyzer 8000
(What the Police Don't Want You to Know)
By Tom Hudson (What the Police Don't Want You to Know)
Secret No. 1. The Intoxilyzer 8000 is the official breath test instrument of the State of Florida. The police will tell you that it is "tried and true." However, in the computer age, "tried and true" translates into "obsolete." The Intoxilyzer 8000 is based upon the Zilog Z-80 microprocessor. This same chip was the brains of the Tandy TRS-80, which was the hit of the home computer industry.....in 1977!
Secret No. 2. When the Intoxilyzer is calibrated, if the temperature of the testing solution is off by as little as one-fifth of one degree (.20), the calibration is not considered accurate. Human body temperatures may vary as much as three full degrees-- depending on health, physical activity or even the hour of the day! If you have a slight fever and your body temperature is elevated by only 1 degree Centigrade (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit), your apparent blood alcohol will be artificially inflated by approximately seven percent. (Isn't it interesting how these errors always work against you and never for you?)
Secret No. 3. The underlying physical principle of the Intoxilyzer is known as "Henry's Law," which states that the concentration of a volatile chemical in vapor above a solution is proportional to the concentration of the chemical in the solution. This is true in the laboratory, but in humans, the proportions can vary by as much as 50%. This means that the Intoxilyzer can overstate your blood alcohol by as much as 50%! As Drs. Stefan Rose and Kenneth Furton have written, "Henry's Law does not apply in the lungs. In order for Henry's Law to apply, three conditions must be met. One, the solution must be in a closed system, like a sealed bottle. The lungs are open, not closed. Two, the solution must be kept at a known, constant temperature. The lung temperature is never known, and the temperature is always changing. And three, the pressure must be kept constant. The lungs are always changing pressure, decreasing pressure to inhale and increasing pressure to exhale. Without all three conditions present, it is not possible for equilibrium to occur, and Henry's Law does not apply."
Secret No. 4. The Intoxilyzer 8000 operates on a principle known as the "Lambert-Beer Law," which states that the amount of infrared light absorbed by your breath is proportional to the amount of alcohol in the sample. Think of it like the way in which fog will block your car's headlights on a damp night. In short, the more alcohol there is, the less infrared light that gets through the chamber to the detector. However, there are other compounds, called "interferents," which can also block the infrared. And the Intoxilyzer cannot reliably tell them all apart!!
Secret No. 5. Three or four deep breaths before blowing into the Intoxilyzer will cool your lungs and fill them with fresh air. This sort of hyperventilation may lower your breath alcohol by as much as 55%, without violating the protocols of the test. For more information, see this article on the 3/2 Rule.
Secret No. 6. The protocol for the Intoxilyzer 8000 in Florida requires only that you blow 1.1 liters of breath. The average adult has a "vital capacity" (the amount he or she can forcibly exhale in one breath) of between three and four liters. The police will urge you to keep blowing your entire breath into the machine. However, such a long breath will artificially increase the apparent amount of alcohol in your breath by skewing the sample toward your "deep lung air," where the alcohol is more highly concentrated. If you only blow half of your breath, you will give an adequate sample, which will be up to 30% less than the sample that the police want you to give.
Secret No. 7.
- New!- The Intoxilyzer 8000 measures how much breath you provide by something called a 'pressure transducer.' Instead of directly measuring the volume of your breath by a pressure switch, like the old Intoxilyzer 5000 did, the 8000 indirectly measures breath. Not only is it needlessly complicated, it simply doesn't work! The flow sensor systems in Florida's Intoxilyzer 8000's are so unreliable that FDLE ordered that police STOP KEEPING RECORDS of the system in monthly checks. In 2011, a system-wide check showed that 40% of the machines in Florida couldn't accurately measure breath volume! And on a machine whose pressure transducer was not properly calibrated, the machine was three to five times more likely to deliver an alcohol reading over .25. Sad.
12/31/11, 01:12 PM
12/31/11, 01:39 PM
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Amie - you're going to participate and get us some up close shots right?
https://themustangsource.com/f737/or...9/#post6209953
Mecum Auctions
Lot T201 1972 DeTomaso Pantera
351 CI, 5-Speed
Kissimmee, FL Auction
January 24-29, 2012
This Lot scheduled to be sold THU 5:45PM
http://www.mecum.com/auctions/lot_de...gn=FL0112_T201
https://themustangsource.com/f737/or...9/#post6209953
Mecum Auctions
Lot T201 1972 DeTomaso Pantera
351 CI, 5-Speed
Kissimmee, FL Auction
January 24-29, 2012
This Lot scheduled to be sold THU 5:45PM
http://www.mecum.com/auctions/lot_de...gn=FL0112_T201
Last edited by cdynaco; 12/31/11 at 01:40 PM.
12/31/11, 01:51 PM
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12/31/11, 02:00 PM
Really? No love?
Looking at this one because it has a replaceable sensor - rather than mailing it in to be re-calibrated every 6 mos. For me, I'd just like to use it a few times to know what 1 or 2 beers does and how long it takes to safely be under .08. (I only drink whisky at home with the keys on the hook)
Looking at this one because it has a replaceable sensor - rather than mailing it in to be re-calibrated every 6 mos. For me, I'd just like to use it a few times to know what 1 or 2 beers does and how long it takes to safely be under .08. (I only drink whisky at home with the keys on the hook)
Target has quite a few...
http://www.target.com/s?searchTerm=breathalyzer&category=0|All|matchalla ny|all+categories
Maybe read some reviews of various ones on Amazon to get some feedback.
Last edited by Rather B.Blown; 12/31/11 at 02:05 PM.
12/31/11, 02:11 PM
Calgon Take Me Away!
Originally Posted by cdynaco
Amie - you're going to participate and get us some up close shots right?
https://themustangsource.com/f737/or...9/#post6209953
Mecum Auctions
Lot T201 1972 DeTomaso Pantera
351 CI, 5-Speed
Kissimmee, FL Auction
January 24-29, 2012
This Lot scheduled to be sold THU 5:45PM
http://www.mecum.com/auctions/lot_de...gn=FL0112_T201
https://themustangsource.com/f737/or...9/#post6209953
Mecum Auctions
Lot T201 1972 DeTomaso Pantera
351 CI, 5-Speed
Kissimmee, FL Auction
January 24-29, 2012
This Lot scheduled to be sold THU 5:45PM
http://www.mecum.com/auctions/lot_de...gn=FL0112_T201
Originally Posted by cdynaco
lol Well unfortunately that's how Oregon seems to be - get you after the fact rather than provide tools to be safe after having a glass of wine or beer with dinner & friends. Frustrating. Money generator. Or the police state really is here and wants to keep everyone in their homes too afraid to go out in public.