So I got this culinary laser digital thermometer “gun” and I’ve been spending a whole bunch of time getting the temp of various items in my apartment.
| Item | State | Temp (F) |
|---|---|---|
| Front of TV | Off |
75
|
| On for 1+ hours |
105
|
|
| Top of TV | Off |
77
|
| On for 1+ hours |
105
|
|
| Right of TV | Off |
77
|
| On for 1+ hours |
85
|
|
| Front of Xbox360 | Off |
79
|
| On for 1+ hours |
82
|
|
| Top of Xbox360 | Off |
83
|
| On for 1+ hours |
98
|
|
| Front of Time Warner Cable DVR | Off |
85
|
| On for 1+ hours |
85
|
|
| Top of Time Warner Cable DVR | Off |
92
|
| On for 1+ hours |
101
|
|
| Front of DVD player | Off |
90
|
| On for 1+ hours |
91
|
|
| Top of DVD player | Off |
86
|
| On for 1+ hours |
89
|
|
| Front of A/V receiver | Off |
78
|
| On for 1+ hours |
86
|
|
| Top of A/V receiver | Off |
78
|
| On for 1+ hours |
97
|
|
| Right of A/V receiver | Off |
78
|
| On for 1+ hours |
86
|
|
| Halogen bulb from bottom of lamp | On for 1+ hours |
241
|
| Halogen bulb from top of lamp | On for 1+ hours |
284
|
| Fresh brewed black coffee |
161
|
|
| Fresh brewed coffee with milk |
126
|
|
| Egg on fridge door |
47
|
|
| Ice cube tray in freezer |
4
|
|
| Cold tap water |
74
|
|
| Hot tap water |
117
|
|
| Toilet water in bowl |
61
|
|
| Josh’s arm | resting |
87
|
| Josh’s hand | resting |
87
|
| Josh’s forehead | resting |
91
|
| Josh’s leg | resting |
87
|
| 60w bulb | On for 1+ hours |
186
|
| Sony clock radio | On for 1+ hours |
84
|
| Sanyo Sirius radio | On for 1+ hours |
107
|
| iBook G4 keyboard | On for 1+ hours |
93
|
| iBook G4 rear vent | On for 1+ hours |
106
|
| iBook G4 wrist rest (hard disk side) | On for 1+ hours |
96
|
| iBook G4 wrist rest (non hard disk side) | On for 1+ hours |
86
|
| iBook G4 power supply | On for 1+ hours |
105
|
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Take your temp. gun outside and shoot blue sky than a cloud. those things are fun
Where I work we have a Fluke temp gun, works well but mainly close range, but don’t use your gun in front of an open door on a heat-treat furnace while it is running, the thing just goes nuts!, But since I has access to one, here are my findings, 400 Watt halide light ballast, light on 134, fork lift driver entering inventory into computer, chest 88.9, while whizzing by on fork lift 91.2 (must be an adrenalin thing)?, Open door on heat treat furnace somewhere between 100 and 900 degrees, couldn’t tell for sure what the actual temp was., Steel ceiling 16 feet above floor after work 125-140, (we do welding and machining)
Jim you are right it is a neat toy (tool)Have fun!.
I happened by looking for another copy of Convert (can’t live without it) when I happened onto this.
I’d be interested in the results if you stood barefoot on a warm sidewalk for a couple minutes, then compare the temperature of your foot print to the surrounding area, and how lond it took to warm back up.
related: compare concrete to asphalt.
BTW, I’ve been using convert for several years and it seems it was way ahead of its time. I spent a bit of time searching for it and ran across many other “unit converter” programs and I tried several as possible replacements before dismissing them. I continued my search because there is still nothing out there in the freeware domain that begins to compare with just plain simple-to-use intuitive interface that makes your Convert so practical. I and surely millions of others thank you so very much for “wasting time” on it.
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I have just spent the last half an hour surfing your random writtings and yes it is clear you had nothing to do and equally clear nothing worth writting. you may well have guessed that i to have nothing worth while to get on with. great prog though.
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Take and IR remote and point it into the temp gun. It won’t hurt it. But being that they are IR they should be warming things up. Of course if you point the remote at your hand you don’t feel anything, but it will show a few degrees on your temp gun.
I nearly wet myself reading that list… knowing damn well that’s exactly what I’ll do when I finally get round to getting one.
I ‘need’ one even more now!!
(Thanks for Converter BTW)
I am the FIRST to post on this particular comment board in 2007… YESSSSSS!!!! Just wanted to say THANKS for CONVERT. It is a GREAT program. I use it all the time!!!
In the office that I used to work in, we had a window seat, and my office mate installed a digital thermometer probe in the space between the screen and the glass in our window. On the hottest day of the year, he sends out a COMPANY WIDE e-mail stating that it had gotten to (indicated) “138.4* at 2:17 PM” in his window!!! Of course the bosses went nuts that he had the time to waste staring at his thermometer all afternoon and charting the progress of the temperature!!!
Maybe I should send him a link to your site???
I can see where the IR thermometer would be useful for high speed auto racing, to measure the temp on your tires.
Curious… I wonder if the temp of your tongue goes up after eating hot sauce.
One application I use my non-contact thermometer for is to see if the road I’m driving on is at or below freezing (in the winter). It’s nice to be able to do that out the window at 70 MPH.
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