Temperature Gun

June 19, 2006

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
Front of TV	On for 1+ hours	105
Top of TV	Off	77
Top of TV	On for 1+ hours	105
Right of TV	Off	77
Right of TV	On for 1+ hours	85
Front of Xbox360	Off	79
Front of Xbox360	On for 1+ hours	82
Top of Xbox360	Off	83
Top of Xbox360	On for 1+ hours	98
Front of Time Warner Cable DVR	Off	85
Front of Time Warner Cable DVR	On for 1+ hours	85
Top of Time Warner Cable DVR	Off	92
Top of Time Warner Cable DVR	On for 1+ hours	101
Front of DVD player	Off	90
Front of DVD player	On for 1+ hours	91
Top of DVD player	Off	86
Top of DVD player	On for 1+ hours	89
Front of A/V receiver	Off	78
Front of A/V receiver	On for 1+ hours	86
Top of A/V receiver	Off	78
Top of A/V receiver	On for 1+ hours	97
Right of A/V receiver	Off	78
Right of A/V receiver	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

Take your temp. gun outside and shoot blue sky than a cloud. those things are fun

1. Jim on Aug 12, 2006 at 5:29am

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!.

2. Ryabn on Aug 18, 2006 at 2:30am

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.

Judith McKinzey
aka: Tankie2 on Kali

3. Judy on Oct 3, 2006 at 6:16pm

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.

Cheers
mate

4. Ron Philpott on Oct 27, 2006 at 11:55am

5. amin on Nov 1, 2006 at 4:32am

Hey

6. Josh on Nov 2, 2006 at 4:45am

Hola se?�ores, bonito juguete, ��buen trabajo!!!

7. Manuel on Nov 10, 2006 at 2:42pm

Mucho gracias.

8. Josh on Nov 11, 2006 at 6:47am

Josh - I could have sold your program to a dozen of my work mates - but being the honest guy that I am, I didn’t. Besides after installing, they would have found that it was free. Great program - Thanks.

9. Phil on Nov 15, 2006 at 5:16pm

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.

10. Mike C. on Nov 20, 2006 at 12:41pm

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)

11. Pete on Dec 3, 2006 at 2:47am

Josh: I emailed a link to your conversion info to my daughter, a struggling Vet. Asst. student who has trouble with conversions. Thank you for the tables and I WILL contribute to your beer fund. ed

12. Ed Novak on Dec 6, 2006 at 5:26pm

The best converter I ever found. I bow in front of you.

13. Ivan on Dec 7, 2006 at 6:45pm

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???

14. John V. on Jan 16, 2007 at 11:56am

try this...a bit lewd but valid...convert your member (male test). then have vigorous sex with your girl (or a girl)(vaginally) for ten minutes. then convert your member and see the difference. you’re in for a surprise. then, for the grand test, conduct the same test parameters when your girl is menstruating (if that’s not too disgusting for you or her or for you both). this result will really be surprising.

15. jim on Feb 7, 2007 at 9:53am

Hi, I like the simplicity and thoroughness of Convert. I’ve used it for years mainly for various
biological and physiological conversions. It’s great. Thanks alot Tom

16. Tom Evans on Feb 22, 2007 at 8:58pm

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.

17. Peopleunit on Mar 12, 2007 at 11:36am

Josh,
I was first turned on to Convert about 5 yrs ago. Use it regularly in my engineering business. Found this site looking for it for my home computer (my brother sent me a CT Scan of himself and I needed to convert kg to lbs.).

You would love browsing a CT scan.
Cheers and Thanks,
Joe

18. Joe on Apr 7, 2007 at 6:43am

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