Granny's gone and done it again

[BantyChooks]

I have a question.... May be I'm overthinking this entirely and I should just get some sleep and stop thinking, but hey...

So water with any impurities freezes at lower than 0/32 degrees, right? Well, I'm calibrating my thermometers in a mostly-ice solution and all five thermometers are reading -1.1/30 after 5 min. May this test be slighty inaccurate that way? I'm using well water, so it's far from pure....

Should I keep trying to get a reading of 0/32, or say they all agree and that's good 'nuff?

 

[campingshaws]

I have a question.... May be I'm overthinking this entirely and I should just get some sleep and stop thinking, but hey...

So water with any impurities freezes at lower than 0/32 degrees, right? Well, I'm calibrating my thermometers in a mostly-ice solution and all five thermometers are reading -1.1/30 after 5 min. May this test be slighty inaccurate that way? I'm using well water, so it's far from pure....

Should I keep trying to get a reading of 0/32, or say they all agree and that's good 'nuff?

Boil some and try again?

 

[BantyChooks]

Boil some and try again?

Thermo doesn't go that high, otherwise it'd be a great test....

Just trying to get everything perfect before settin the eggs

 

[campingshaws]

Boil some and try again?

Thermo doesn't go that high, otherwise it'd be a great test....

Just trying to get everything perfect before settin the eggs

I mean boil it for the impurities. Or pick up a jug of distilled? Then do the slurry. Be interesting to see a difference.

 

[BantyChooks]

I mean boil it for the impurities. Or pick up a jug of distilled? Then do the slurry. Be interesting to see a difference.

Ah! Yes, I should try that.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Ah! Yes, I should try that.

x2 good idea camping

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Quote: I mean boil it for the impurities. Or pick up a jug of distilled? Then do the slurry. Be interesting to see a difference.

It would be interesting to see if the thermometer is sensitive enough to pick up the difference in the temps. Will the thermometer read in tenths? I think it would not register otherwise.

 

[BantyChooks]

It would be interesting to see if the thermometer is sensitive enough to pick up the difference in the temps.  Will the thermometer read in tenths?  I think it would not register otherwise.

It's not digital, so it's pretty precise.... I hope.

 

[campingshaws]

Thanks! I'm not sciencey at all and did not know about impure water freezing at lower temps.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

It's not digital, so it's pretty precise.... I hope.

is it possible you need some bifocals ?