50kg load sensor rated for single or all 4?

Sensors Force & Weight
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Hey all,

I had a quick question about the 50kg load sensor. It’s rated for 50kg, does that mean when using four of them in a Wheatstone bridge the weight rating of the total load cell is 200kg?

BTW, my question has more to do with resolving small objects with these sensors than whether than can handle large ones. I have no plans to put 200kg on these little guys :wink:

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It’s not uncommon to use the sum of two load cells when rating the capacity of a platform.

The assumption is that the platform may rock on two feet.

You may also run into issues with off-center loading where a load cell is overloaded because the weight is concentrated one one instead of evenly distributed.