I'm beginning to wonder about the consistency of the digitals.
I ran a little non-scientific test on several wallyworld digital thermometers a while back to see how close to a darkroom thermometer they read. (Click here to view that thread. ) Well, after going through that little test I set them up on the window sill of a 1/2 bath in the house...where they've been sitting for a month and a half or so. I walk by (the bathroom is a double-door "hall-type" bathroom) all along and note the temperature and humdity readings. I wish that I had been recording the readings but I didn't.
Anyhow, what I've noticed is that sometimes the high-reading and low-reading thermometers will swap places...in other words, the unit that normally measures a degree lower than the other one will be reading a degree higher or vice versa or maybe the same. The low-readers are not always low and the high-readers are not always high.
I've got one thermometer that seems more consistent (Accurite with probe) in it's readings which I will use in my incubator, but I'll keep an eye on it, comparing it all along with a medical thermometer.
I just wanted to mention this about the inconsistency that I've noticed so that you'll be sure to "check" your digital thermometers all along with a medical thermometer just to make sure it's reading hasn't drifted for some reason.
FWIW,
Ed
I ran a little non-scientific test on several wallyworld digital thermometers a while back to see how close to a darkroom thermometer they read. (Click here to view that thread. ) Well, after going through that little test I set them up on the window sill of a 1/2 bath in the house...where they've been sitting for a month and a half or so. I walk by (the bathroom is a double-door "hall-type" bathroom) all along and note the temperature and humdity readings. I wish that I had been recording the readings but I didn't.
Anyhow, what I've noticed is that sometimes the high-reading and low-reading thermometers will swap places...in other words, the unit that normally measures a degree lower than the other one will be reading a degree higher or vice versa or maybe the same. The low-readers are not always low and the high-readers are not always high.
I've got one thermometer that seems more consistent (Accurite with probe) in it's readings which I will use in my incubator, but I'll keep an eye on it, comparing it all along with a medical thermometer.
I just wanted to mention this about the inconsistency that I've noticed so that you'll be sure to "check" your digital thermometers all along with a medical thermometer just to make sure it's reading hasn't drifted for some reason.
FWIW,
Ed
