What is the difference between LED and LCD on bathroom scales?
The initials LED stand for Light Emitting Diode – the display is red digits. This type of display is used on lower end models and is best seen in low light conditions. LCD is a Liquid Crystal Display, which is the grey display type. This can be read in both low light and normal light conditions, making it a popular choice for many of our scales. I purchased a new bathroom scale with a lithium battery but it won’t turn on. All lithium powered electronic bathroom scales have an isolating tab (a slip of plastic) in the battery compartment between the batteries and the connection, which ensures there is no drain on the batteries before first use. To remove this isolating tab, remove the battery compartment cover and you will then either see the one or two lithium battery cells, or a battery holder. If you can see the lithium cells, there should also be a piece of plastic visible. To remove this successfully, the lithium cells need first to be removed. If you have opened the battery compart
