aliveagain
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posted December 13, 2009 11:26 AM
temp gun
Has anyone ever had any experience with those cheap laser temp guns?
http://cgi.ebay.com/INFRARED-THERMOMETER-LASER-TEMPERATURE-GUN-NON-CONTACT_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem335787b4f1QQitemZ220511843569QQptZLHQ5fDefaultDomainQ5f0
I just want something to check the temps on the pipes while troubleshooting and maybe even back tire after burn out.
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zx12richard
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posted December 13, 2009 12:13 PM
- do asphalt work and company supplied use with Raytek mt4 with laser pointer and it was normally within 5 degrees of the bosses high dollar gun. You should be able to get one of those at oriellys. Sears also has a nice one for round 79. Think it does to 1000 degrees. But I can't be much help about the cheap ones.
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Stuart Racing
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posted December 13, 2009 01:44 PM
A freind got one from Harbor Freight and it read the same temp reading as my Snap On one....
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entropy
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posted December 13, 2009 01:54 PM
to get a good temp off the headers you gotta put a pretty non-reflective surface on em,
hi temp paint (1200-1500F), black primer looking stuff works well.
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2000redrocket
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posted December 13, 2009 02:10 PM
some of the more expencive rateck guns have a menue to tell it the type of surface if you can pick one up used.
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aliveagain
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posted December 13, 2009 02:34 PM
Good idea or not?A mechanic told me he uses a torch to heat up temperature sensors and uses the gun to see when the desired parameter is met.
A little side laugh at what I did.I was measuring conductivity thru the coolant temperature sensor and the reading would not top out.The third person I questioned finally told me the correct answer.It was picking up the heat from my hand,hence the reading kept going up.
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