subject: How to Test Blood Alcohol Content with a Breathalyzer [print this page] How to Test Blood Alcohol Content with a Breathalyzer
Do you ever consume alcohol? You must have known that driving with excess legal limit alcohol in your body can cause you to get a driving ticket. Thereby, it will be more beneficial for you to measure the blood in your blood.
If you need to know the way to measure the blood alcohol content, you can follow this article. Here, you find some ways for measuring the BAC in your body through a device which is known as breathalyzer. It is a personal device which can be used individually. So, you can freely use it for your personal need. In addition, this device is beneficial for helping you prevent DUI.
The first thing you have to do is to press and hold the power for a second. You can also avoid the BACTRACK breathalyzer from turning on accidentally, you have to tap the button of power for around one second.
The next step is to wait for the device to quickly count down from 50 to the zero. This process may take around 10 seconds right after the power is on. Thereafter, when the countdown almost reaches 10, take a deep breath. Hold it and wait until the countdown reaches zero.
Right after the countdown has reached zero and the device flashes "blow" and "0", exhale your breath through the dual-flow breath chamber for about five seconds while you hold the device inch or 13 mm away from your mouth. You have to make sure that you mouth is open and fog the mirror. You can do it by saying,"hhhhhhhaaaaah."
Then, when you have finished taking the sample of your breath, the BACKTRACK of the device will circle the surface of LCD fields for around three seconds while it is analyzing the sample of your breath. Right after it has finished analyzing, it will display the value of BAC. It will display the test for about 10 seconds. Before shutting off, the displayed result will blink for 20 seconds.
