When you buy a bag, you want to know you’re getting what you pay for. Next, we’ll stop by the home improvement store and get some mulch to spruce up the yard before guests arrive. NIST's David Sefcik demonstrates mulch testing for inspectors. If you think you’re being shortchanged at a gas or EV charging station, contact the business owner or your state’s weights and measures office to report the concern. These standards will become more critical to protect consumers as EVs and the charging station infrastructure become more prevalent on the road. Our NIST team is working with our stakeholders to develop standards for the charging devices at those stations. If you’re driving an electric vehicle (EV) on our shopping spree and want to charge up along the way, that charging infrastructure has not yet been built out in every state. It’s always important, but especially so when prices are high.Īt NIST, we publish handbooks with performance standards for evaluating such devices for the inspectors to use in their work. The inspector makes sure you’re getting what you pay for when you buy gas. When we get to the gas station, there’s a sticker on the gas pump saying the pump has been inspected by your state or local weights and measures program. Three tips for making sure you get what you pay for at the pump.īefore we go to the store, we need to fill up the tank. Stop 1: Gas Station or EV Charging Station You can see how weights and measures play out in your daily life. So, get in, savvy consumer, we’re going shopping and need to make a few stops. We can’t celebrate Weights and Measures Week without throwing a party. States hire inspectors, and we help train them on how to test and apply our standards in the grocery store, at the gas station, or at other businesses. The states voluntarily adopt these standards. NIST works with our partners at the National Conference on Weights and Measures to develop nationwide, uniform standards for these measurements. Nearly half of the value of all goods and services in the U.S., known as gross domestic product, is impacted by the sales of a product or service related to weights and measures. Many things we buy today - cereal, milk, propane in tanks for your grill, mulch, and the list goes on and on - go through a state weights and measures system you’ve probably never thought about. weights and measures legislation into law. Today marks the first day of Weights and Measures Week, when we celebrate the anniversary of President John Adams signing the first U.S. We also work to make sure sellers get fair payment for the goods and services they provide. Here at NIST, we are committed to making sure you get what you pay for when buying something based on weight or measure, such as food or fuel. It seems like many items in our everyday lives have been getting more expensive lately.
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