Thermometer

[rclint]

I finaly found one that works, Sunbeam digital has a 3-4' cable and stainless spike on the end. Made for oven use, but works great for reading tank temp and dye, just wipe it off, no need to put the entire spike in, just about 2" and you get a reading in about 6 seconds, very fast, veyr easy and has held up so far for me

I made mush out of a couple, hope this helps somone. found it at walmart in the pots/pans around $13

Clint

[archimedes]

All,

I too found a digital thermometer at walmart.
in my store there are a different varieties of indoor/outdoor
over where the screen window/door repair center supplies are
located. This one does not have a metal spike, but instead a
small plastic housing that I attatched to the inside wall of my
plastic tanks and run the wire thru a grommet sealed with
silicone. this model features storable readings with min and max,
conversion to Celcius and simultaneous indoor/outdoor readings.
so far the plastic housing has held up well in my anno tank, my dye tank
(135dg) and my cleaning tank (125dg).
At $8 I bought 1 for each need.
archi

[krymis]

i found mine at radio shack for 40.00. It is an IR unit. It reads all the tanks and i really like the compact size. I am thinking about adding one to each tank so i can just tie them off and not have to carry one to each tank but that may just be a waist.

[RedRiver]

Just a note...From personal experience I have found that not ALL IR thermometers work well for this application. Infact, I have one model here which was rather expensive, which will give false readings. It appears that it the measurement is affected by the steam coming off the surface of the solution. In cases I have found that this thermometer has been in excess of 5 degrees incorrect.

Just something to bare in mind when shopping around. I have come to the conclusion that the submersible style thermometers work much better. Regarding my acid tank, I have recently decided to use my digital multimeter which is capable of temperature measurements. Using a glass testube, I filled it with distilled water, stopped the top of it with a rubber testube stopper which has a small hole through the center of it. I inserted my temperature probe through this hole a sealed it. I then hung the testube 3/4 of the way into the acid bath. This seems to work well for me...

Just my $0.02
- Dan