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Post by dodders on Apr 3, 2013 12:47:38 GMT
First question; is a thermometer a useful thing to have for a WFO?
Second q; are the infrared thermometers any good, and if so any recommendations at around the £30-£40 mark? I think that an infrared could have other uses (i.e. draught detection etc in the house) hence thinking of buying infrared rather than traditional oven thermometer.
Cheers
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Post by tonyb on Apr 3, 2013 16:14:53 GMT
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Post by faz on Apr 3, 2013 21:13:30 GMT
That's the same one I bought tony - had it a year and it still seems to be performing well. And sad as it is, it is cheaper to buy a new one than to try and get it recalibrated.
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Post by dougclay on Apr 3, 2013 22:38:43 GMT
I have far too many thermometers, Bi-metallic strip dial type, IR and thermocouples. The IR one is great for spot temperature of surfaces that you can't or wouldn't want to touch. Thermocouples are good for long term logging and monitoring. I can check the temperature without removing the door when baking/roasting. The bi-metallic dials are fine, but I find that they get in the way sitting in the doorway and generally they don't commonly go up to very high temps. The bi-metallic ones with probes can be mounted in the door. Not sure about using any of these to find drafts.. The IR gun just returns the temp from a single point. I guess you could make one of these tho.. hackaday.com/2009/07/01/poor-mans-thermographic-camera/Dougclay |
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Post by muddy4x4 on Apr 3, 2013 22:44:35 GMT
I have the same one as Tonyb, great value for money
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Post by dodders on Apr 4, 2013 7:29:21 GMT
Thanks to you all for your answers, very helpful and so I shall go ahead and get an infrared, especially as my cob oven has now had quite a few initial short firings and, with the weather about to get warmer, I'm soon going to give it a good and proper firing and try and cook something in it.
Tim
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Post by turkey on Apr 4, 2013 14:45:32 GMT
Dougclay: Hackaday  cant spend enough time on there in my opinion |
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