I'm planning on buying this for a backyard foundry furnace, do I have to make anymore additional purchases to get it to read up to the 2372 degrees F?
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I not shure that the supplied probes can be used at furnace temperature. That seems to be TP-01 probes that can be used up to 752F(400C) The TP-02, TP-03 and TP04 probes can be used upto 1292F(700C). That is whats available from supplier. The instrument can display up to 2372 degF (1300degC). The connector seems to be standard type for thermocouples, like that used by Fluke. You can probably use probe from anothe manufacturer.
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i can not help you sir! i got this to cook over open fire outside and have not used as yet ! cant get a fire to lite at -14
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Will this rise to a temperature of 400? I am looking for one that rise to at least 415 temperature. Can you get 400 on the digital reading?
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It has been my experience with these units, (I have 4 In/Out temp units) that it is best to run them thru the firewall to a point in front of the radiator. (bout 6 inches away from the radiator itself. This allows air to flow across the sensor when you are moving thus giving a realistic outside temp. Of course the temp reading goes up when you are sitting still, but it's still good. The next best option is to run the sensor wire along the dash and down the door post and into the cavity in front of the door. This gives a reasonable temperature indication, but will be erroneous when the vehicle is sitting in the sun, and will not respond a fast as it would in front of the Radiator. Good luck. It has been my experience with these units, (I have 4 In/Out temp units) that it is best to run them thru the firewall to a point in front of the radiator. (bout 6 inches away from the radiator itself. This allows air to flow across the sensor when you are moving thus giving a realistic outside temp. Of course the temp reading goes up when you are sitting still, but it's still good. The next best option is to run the sensor wire along the dash and down the door post and into the cavity in front of the door. This gives a reasonable temperature indication, but will be erroneous when the... » Read More It has been my experience with these units, (I have 4 In/Out temp units) that it is best to run them thru the firewall to a point in front of the radiator. (bout 6 inches away from the radiator itself. This allows air to flow across the sensor when you are moving thus giving a realistic outside temp. Of course the temp reading goes up when you are sitting still, but it's still good. The next best option is to run the sensor wire along the dash and down the door post and into the cavity in front of the door. This gives a reasonable temperature indication, but will be erroneous when the vehicle is sitting in the sun, and will not respond a fast as it would in front of the Radiator. Good luck. « Show Less
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On my original review I might not have said that it does go to hundredths at a half degree. So it wii read 13.75 degrees or 13.8. With a little interpolation it is closer than I can mark with a pencil. Hope this helped. I used mine this morning measuring angle on a soffit. It's a mighty useful tool.
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You will most likely need an upgrade on the probe wire which will is specially designed for that kind of temperature. The device itself will do just fine.
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Hi Joe. Well I just checked and I through my instruction away. I'm pretty sure I read up to 500 degrees. I have baked with mine at 375 degrees with no problem. Hope this helps, I really like mine.
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I bought one a couple of days ago. The manual now says it reaches over 710 degrees. I checked after 10 minutes and my high temperature thermometer reads nearly but not quite 725 (but I did have to open the lid to read the temp). Let's call it 720 (the thermometer is marked with 25 degree increments). As for why you'd want that amount of heat: the shorter the cooking time of a pizza the less the crust dries out. And it does not burn once you figure out how long it takes for a pizza to cook. I'm still working on figuring that out so that I don't have to keep opening the lid.
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I didn't try. I'm not sure it even does read out Ferenheit temps. I just converted the F temps I wanted to C to acheive the desired results. Sorry...
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Unfortunately not. They made a mistake and didn't even make it an "installer" option to lower it below 55. They try to give a technical argument that it prevents the possibility of condensation damaging the heat exchanger in your furnace. That is B.S., but even so, the user should have the ability to do it if that doesn't apply in their particular case. There is a work-around where you can intentionally un-calibrate the thermostat to actually be 48 degrees when it "reads" 55 on the display. However, this is not very practical if you have other people using the thermostat that are not aware of this intentional mis-calibration. My solution for the vacation home in Tahoe was to use the Honeywell Z-wave thermostat. They allow you to set it down to 40 degrees. It's not as well integrated with the Nexia system that I'm using, but I am able to remotely control it in the way I need. Good luck.
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The max temperature is limited by the selection of the thermocouple you use with the unit. I use one with my kiln which attains 1800 deg. F. I would go higher but my kiln will not get any hotter than that. I use a software program to build my profiles. I simply load the one that I need.
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Since it is stainless steel it will likely do fine provided you're not taking it up to temperatures that will have a detrimental structural effect on the steel. I'd think that you will be ok up to about 230C. Keep in mind this is an educated guess, I've got an aluminum chamber and it's been handling 175C just fine.
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The specs on their website says the readings displayed will be in .05 degree increments but the accuracy is +- .2 degrees. So if you need more than a .2 degree accuracy, this isn't accurate enough for you.
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From the readings I have found the recommendation is to install them at 70 degrees or higher. Just what I've seen.
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I recommend that you do what I did. When I first tried to use mine I found it to be off by at least 25 deg. Throw it away it's not worth messing with, then I went to a local restaurant supply and bought an analog thermometer that always works for the same amount. Your experience prove to me that my decision was the right one. Problem solved. David B.
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I presume you were referring to 1500 degrees 'Ferinheight' rather than 'Celsius' because a type-K t/c is not suitable for 1500-C. I used these t/c meter for applications unto 800-C, but I didn't use the t/c supplied with the meter because I required an ungrounded and sheathed t/c for my application. I have 30-years experience with various t/c's and I would not use the t/c supplied with this meter at 1500-F. The fiber insulation is inadequate, and you will soon experience "shorting" along the leads that will result in erroneous measurements.
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Hi Stony - I am with BAFX Products Support. How far away you can use the thermometer from the object you are temping is really completely dependent on what object you are temping, how big the object is, ambient temp compared to the object being measured and how accurate you are trying to be. Obviously the closer you can be to the object the more accurate it will be in most cases. What I can say for certain is that unless you are measuring a very large object with a high temperature it likely is not going to give very good readings at 20', not many IR thermometers will. To better assist you in your decision making process it may be helpful to know that the D:S ratio on this thermometer is 12:1. This means that at a distance of 12 inches from the object you are temping the thermometer will be taking a reading from the area of about a 1 inch circle. At 36" you will be reading the area of a 24" circle etc etc etc. The further you move away from the object the less accurate it will become. At the 20' you mentioned you would be temping an area of about 20" or almost 2 feet big, plus in this case you will likely then run into the issue of IR heat from other objects you do not intend to measure interfering with the reading as well. I hope this information helps some. If we can be of further assistance please contact us directly through the Amazon messaging system for a faster response as we are not always able to see responses that are posted in this Q&A area in a timely manner. Sincerely, BAFX Products Support