I just turned on my ETI Gourmet digital thermometer https://thermometer.co.uk/catering-ther ... meter.html to check the ambient temperature and it showed 95°C! It continues to show this kind of temperature every time I switch it on, even after calibrating (HOLD+ON). It has never been dropped or immersed, but it is out of guarantee.
Has anyone else had this kind of problem (and fixed it), or should I be looking for a new one? If so, what are your thought on not-too-expensive digital thermometers?
Thermometer Problems
Re: Thermometer Problems
I use a cheap probe thermometer, the sort that are £3 from eBay. But I back it up with a caged dairy thermometer or an old yoghurt thermometer.
http://r.ebay.com/mi9G0Q
http://r.ebay.com/XPR8hc (I didn't pay that much, found it on a UK site)
I reckon you could get your thermometer for a fiver
http://r.ebay.com/rNgiOi
http://r.ebay.com/mi9G0Q
http://r.ebay.com/XPR8hc (I didn't pay that much, found it on a UK site)
I reckon you could get your thermometer for a fiver
http://r.ebay.com/rNgiOi
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Re: Thermometer Problems
could be as simple as just needing a new battery afaik some types of sensors/or support circuitry can throw out a default value if under powered??
fwiw i have a couple of the thermometers linked to above (#1), and while they take a lot longer to finalise on a reading and have a much smaller dispaly both read within 1c of my eti thermapen But its always the thermapen i reach for when brewing or cooking, but my eyesight and capacity for patience are both limited. ..
fwiw i have a couple of the thermometers linked to above (#1), and while they take a lot longer to finalise on a reading and have a much smaller dispaly both read within 1c of my eti thermapen But its always the thermapen i reach for when brewing or cooking, but my eyesight and capacity for patience are both limited. ..
ist update for months n months..
Fermnting: not a lot..
Conditioning: nowt
Maturing: Challenger smash, and a kit lager
Drinking: dry one minikeg left in the store
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Fermnting: not a lot..
Conditioning: nowt
Maturing: Challenger smash, and a kit lager
Drinking: dry one minikeg left in the store
Coming Soon Lots planned for the near future nowt for the immediate
Re: Thermometer Problems
Buy one of these. They are accurate and have high/low alarms. Ideal for heating sparge water etc. Plus they won't break the bank. At this price buy two and have a spare.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Multi-function ... hermometer
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Multi-function ... hermometer
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Re: Thermometer Problems
Thanks for all your suggestions. I tried changing the battery, but it seems to make no difference. The funny thing is that it appears to be working fine, except for the fact that it displays the wrong temperature! I am wondering if the difference is consistent, in which case I could still use it by just knocking off 70° or so, though that seems a bit like a recipe for disaster. So I shall check out the others that you have suggested. A friend reckons that this one from IKEA is reliable too http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/cook ... -20103016/.
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Re: Thermometer Problems
Might be worth an email to ETI, include a link to the thread here or suggest that your contacting them after discussion in the uks' brewing forums you may ?? receive some customer service above and beyond expectations with the hope for a positive viral response?? then again perhaps not?? but worth a punt perhaps..
ist update for months n months..
Fermnting: not a lot..
Conditioning: nowt
Maturing: Challenger smash, and a kit lager
Drinking: dry one minikeg left in the store
Coming Soon Lots planned for the near future nowt for the immediate
Fermnting: not a lot..
Conditioning: nowt
Maturing: Challenger smash, and a kit lager
Drinking: dry one minikeg left in the store
Coming Soon Lots planned for the near future nowt for the immediate
Re: Thermometer Problems
They work very well for their intended purpose. That is cooking meat in an oven. I have one and I also have the ETI that I recommended above that is no good for cooking meat but it is excellent for brewing.Tippler wrote:Thanks for all your suggestions. I tried changing the battery, but it seems to make no difference. The funny thing is that it appears to be working fine, except for the fact that it displays the wrong temperature! I am wondering if the difference is consistent, in which case I could still use it by just knocking off 70° or so, though that seems a bit like a recipe for disaster. So I shall check out the others that you have suggested. A friend reckons that this one from IKEA is reliable too http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/cook ... -20103016/.
"You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on." Dean Martin
1. Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, thoroughly used, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming... "f*ck, what a trip
It's better to lose time with friends than to lose friends with time (Portuguese proverb)
Alone we travel faster
Together we travel further
( In an admonishing email from our golf club)
1. Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, thoroughly used, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming... "f*ck, what a trip
It's better to lose time with friends than to lose friends with time (Portuguese proverb)
Alone we travel faster
Together we travel further
( In an admonishing email from our golf club)