Wild Duk

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Buy a lab thermometer for about 7 bucks.....Then put it and your digital one in a coffee travel mug with water arouing 170 degrees....Then as the temp drops, compare and keep notes on the difference betwqeen the two.....Usually if your digital is off by 1 degree, it will always be....

You want to calibrate it at those temps, 150-170, because thoses are the important temps to hit when doing your mash, sparge, ect......

SpanishCastleAle

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My understanding is that most people do not have that exact internal temperature...I know I don't.

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MajorTom

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That's right... I have run about 97.5 for years... So if I find myself at 98.6 it means I'm sick! I always knew I wasn't normal.

bakins

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My RTD/PID setup was off by 8 degrees. I used my lab thermometer to calibrate and still check at least once during each mash. It seems accurate at all temps, everything was just shifted by 8 degrees. Had the same with my other thermocouplers.

bakins

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Not sure if the story is true, but supposedly 100 degrees F was Mrs. Fahrenheit's rectal temperature.

JVD_X

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I imagine this being extremely rare - I would have returned the RTD. Maybe it was the same ones they used to test the new Boeing 787

BTW - have your checked the positioning of your RTD in the mash? Sounds like a positioning issue.

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