Is My Flukers a Fluke?? Weird Thermo!

[speckledhen]

Got this comb thermo/hygro digital Flukers because of all the rave reviews. Well, mine is schizo-thermo! It will read a steady temp, say 99.5 then suddenly without any in-between numbers, jump to 101.5 or something. That cannot be. Then it will jump back down to where it should be. The AcuRite is not so "jumpy" and I wonder if I should return this darn thing! It just can't be trusted at all. I've cleared the min/max several times, removed and replaced the battery. It's still wildly flucutating. Anyone else have this problem with theirs?

 

[Katy]

Mine have been very reliable and steady....I'd say return it and get another one.

 

[MissPrissy]

oh, no! I just bought one today!

 

[LoneCowboy]

I have another brand that just started doing that. I'd take it back and get another. I think you just got a fritzy one.

 

[speckledhen]

I probably can't find the darn receipt or pkg. Maybe I'll just buy a new one, then return this one in the new pkg. Surely this one is just off-it didn't start out that way, though.

 

[PurpleChicken]

I have three of them. They are jumpy and very susceptable to drafts.
I also get big difference in both temp and humidty when moving them
to a different location in the bators.

They are accurate. I've put them all together and they will fall within
a .5% tolerance of one another. I've also verified egg temp using my
infrared gun.

 

[speckledhen]

Mine sure is jumpy. Where a draft would come from, not sure since the fan is running all the time across the sponge and lightbulb heatsource. Interesting about the infared gun, PC. Thanks for the input.

 

[PurpleChicken]

Speckled, I find mine will jump a degree when the heating element turns on.
It's picking up the radiant heat, not the ambient temp. That is another
good arguement for a water wiggler, something I need to get.

The infrared gun is nice but only for spot checking. I have two of them
I use for electrical analysis. My good one, a Fluke(Brand) will read to the
tength of a degree but was $150.

 

[paganfish]

I am SO sorry...I read this wrong.

The subject of this post, I mean...

 

[speckledhen]