Thermometers - Page 2

homebrewer_99 · 12-10-2005, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Walker

this is what I suspected. My wife let me borrow it (I had just been using the floater, which is almost a decade old) but I thought I could use the fancy "temp alert" feature to notify my when the water got to the proper steeping temp. It worked on two batchs, but then this crazy stuff happened.

When it went haywire, I turned to her and said, "Is this thing supposed to be used with liquids? I mean, what happens if it gets wet?"

She made a "oh sh!t" face and said, "Whoops.... I don't think you're supposed to get it wet."

thanks for the tip about baking it. I see if I can revive it.

-walker

Funny, I thought all meat was wet?!

**DeRoux's Broux** · 12-10-2005, 01:54 PM

i wasn't too impressed w/ the Saint Patrick's thermometers. i bought three when i had my system built. one came in broke (spinning needle) and the others are just sub-par. i ended up buying the Brewmometer from Bleichman Engineering for my mash/lauter tun. much, much better IMHO.

**insco2** · 12-11-2005, 10:08 PM

i thought the prices were nice so no go huh??? Anyone else with any replies?

smorris · 12-12-2005, 01:09 AM

This made me think. I use my noncontact IR theromometer for lots of things and it is pretty darn accurate. I'll have to try it on wort next time and compare to my floating one.

tnlandsailor · 12-12-2005, 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by DeRoux's Broux

i wasn't too impressed w/ the Saint Patrick's thermometers. i bought three when i had my system built. one came in broke (spinning needle) and the others are just sub-par. i ended up buying the Brewmometer from Bleichman Engineering for my mash/lauter tun. much, much better IMHO.

Thanks for the tip on the St. Pat's thermometers. I've not ordered any from them so maybe the price was too good to be true.

**DeRoux's Broux** · 12-12-2005, 01:32 PM

yea, i'd stick to the ol' saying "you get what you pay for".

spend the extra $$$ and get a good one. plus the probes are only 2"....

Rhoobarb · 12-12-2005, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by ORRELSE

A temporary fix for that probe thermometer is to bake it only the probe, leave the connector for it outside the oven

) in the oven @ 350° for 30 minutes. It worked on mine, but either mine is completely shot now or I need to bake it again.
Or buy a better one.

I like the accuracy and the alarm feature of the more expensive digital probe thermometers, but the braided probes are so fragile! I am now on my third braided probe!

I'll take the last two I have and give this oven trick a shot. I've been using the turkey fryer thermometer, my Brewers Best floating thermometer and a small Polder digital probe thermometer (about the size of a pen, with no braid) in the interim.

El Pistolero · 12-12-2005, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Rhoobarb

I'll take the last two I have and give this oven trick a shot. I've been using the turkey fryer thermometer, my Brewers Best floating thermometer and a small Polder digital probe thermometer (about the size of a pen, with no braid) in the interim.

Hey Rhoo, I tried the oven trick on mine yesterday...worked great!

Where are you finding replacement probes? I haven't been able to find any.

Fudd · 12-12-2005, 05:34 PM

I was just judging by eye for steeping temperatures until my last batch. My girlfriends mom has this great candy thermometer that goes from like 50 to whatever I need. Threw me off the first time though, I was waiting for the wort to boil again after I added the LME and the thermometer was at 100 but it wasn't boiling, so I guess the boiling point changes after you add the LME. Anyways yes, candy thermometer.

Rhoobarb · 12-13-2005, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by El Pistolero

Hey Rhoo, I tried the oven trick on mine yesterday...worked great!

Where are you finding replacement probes? I haven't been able to find any.

I, too, tried it last night and it worked! There is about a 1 degree difference b/w the two, but I can live with that.

I didn't get replacement probes; I went out and bought brand new meters! I did some checking online into getting replacement probes, but they cost as much as buying an entire new meter, so I didn't bother.

After I bought my last one, I realized that these things usually have warranties anywhere from 10 years to lifetime, depending on the manufacturer. I now hold onto my receipt!