Actually, the Accurites are not very accurate at all. I have seen as much as a 5* difference between the thermometer and its external probe. A good mercury themometer is really hard to beat, and also hard to find.
JFI. Depending on how handy you are taking things apart and putting them back together again, the accurite thermometers should have a potentometer inside the case that would allow you to calibrate the internal and external sensors. This would mean taking the thing apart, looking for the potentometers and fiddeling with them until they read where they should. Nothing to lose really, if it aint reading right and you screw it up, you havent lost anything. I have a old one I think I will take apart and see if it can be adjusted. If so, I'll take a few pics to show how its done.
Edited to say, I took my Accurite digital thermometer apart to check for adjustable potenometers. There are no adjustments or calibation provisions with these type thermometers. It either works or it dont and unless you know quite a bit about electronic circuits, its best to not take your digital thermometer apart.
JFI. Depending on how handy you are taking things apart and putting them back together again, the accurite thermometers should have a potentometer inside the case that would allow you to calibrate the internal and external sensors. This would mean taking the thing apart, looking for the potentometers and fiddeling with them until they read where they should. Nothing to lose really, if it aint reading right and you screw it up, you havent lost anything. I have a old one I think I will take apart and see if it can be adjusted. If so, I'll take a few pics to show how its done.
Edited to say, I took my Accurite digital thermometer apart to check for adjustable potenometers. There are no adjustments or calibation provisions with these type thermometers. It either works or it dont and unless you know quite a bit about electronic circuits, its best to not take your digital thermometer apart.
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