Dave Fawthrop wrote:

On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 23:04:12 +0100, Dave wrote:

|Andy Hall wrote:
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| On 2006-10-15 11:48:31 +0100, "Ron" said:
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| Hi, I am becoming obsessed :-) with temperature and heat loss etc.
| around my house and thought I would get an infrared thermometer to
| measure wall temperatures and other things such as the temerature of
| overhead clouds if possible. Any suggestions as to what type of
| infrared thermometer I should get? Not too expensive as my grandson is
| buying it for my birthday.
| Thanks Ron
|
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| Maplin usually have some that are fairly inexpensive.
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|I bought one of those about 12 months ago and it is perfect for winding
|up the landlord of my local real ale pub. The one thing he hates is to
|be told that is serving his beer at the wrong temperature. A quick pull
|of the trigger and he is convinced.

Surely it measured the temperature of the outside of the glass not the
temperature of the beer ;-)

LOL Yes. But since the glass is only a container that is quite thin, the
contents will be equal to the outside of the glass.

Just wait a minute, I have a hook in my mouth and I must get rid of it :-)

Dave