Julia Altshuler > wrote in
:

> Joe wrote:
>> sorry to post off topic here but I'm experimenting on how I can make
>> my instant read thermometer a multipurpose tool and I'd like to know
>> if there is any substance that I can poke my thermometer in to gauge a
>> rooms temperature. Water seems to get a little colder than the room
>> temp as does the open air. does anyone know a substance that maintains
>> the room temp?
>
>
> Take an ordinary household glass. Fill it with ice cubes. Then fill
it
> with water. The temperature of the water is now exactly 32 degrees
> Fahrenheit. Note the reading on your thermometer. Determine its
> accuracy from there.
>
>
> --Lia
>
>

A room any room doesn't have a fixed temp. There are air currents,
draughts, heat or cold radiating things like walls, cold fronts etc to
take into account.

Your best bet is a cast iron pan...lay the thermometer directly on it and
read it after 1 hour...move it 2 feet in any direction and repeat...after
sampling the entire room all over at various heights you'll have a idea
of what the average temp of that room is for that days weather
condition...sunny, cloudy, high winds etc out side...after about 6 or 7
years of repeating this daily you could start to make assumptions about
that room. The first assumption I'd make is a thermometer that costs
under 10 bucks and wasn't designed for that purpose isn't up to the task
and It all had been a waste of my time.

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The house of the burning beet-Alan

It'll be a sunny day in August, when the Moon will shine that night-
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