Can you guys recommend a good reliable infrared laser thermometer? Looking for accuracy and consistent readings. Bought a cheap Extech a couple years ago. Haven’t been happy with it.
What temp range?Can you guys recommend a good reliable infrared laser thermometer? Looking for accuracy and consistent readings. Bought a cheap Extech a couple years ago. Haven’t been happy with it.
Automotive application will be a majority, if not all, of it's use.What temp range?
I bet laser thermometers for body temps have been recalibrated. Lazers only measure surface temps not internal temps. Even oral and rectal thermometers are different. I chuckle at people measuring their coolant temp at the thermostat or what ever. Just surface temperature there. The radiator will be different and of course internally at different spots will be all over the charts. Like mentioned above. They work great for checking differences. Which cylinder is causing a misfire? Check the manifold or header tubes. The cold one is the dead one.I believe the one I have was bought at Tractor Supply.
What I find interesting is it reads consistently low on a human IE- reads 95 degrees when my temp is 97.8.
Even worse if I actually have a fever- 98 vs 102 fever.
Here's the odd part- it's accurate on the car. It agrees with my mechanical temp gauge 100%, and with a third temp gauge.
It also agrees with my AC vent gauge.
What's the difference between an oral thermometer and a rectal thermometer?
Mainly the taste.
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Exactly......one tends to get washed before using it on the other end.Even oral and rectal thermometers are different.
Very true. We have guys running around with IR cameras checking/testing electrical distribution boards for hot spots.You can compare circuit breakers and electrical connectors. The hot ones are a problem.