Infrared Thermometer
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Infrared Thermometer
I just scored a good deal on an infrared thermometer on eBay. I plan on using this to better log/analize tire temps immediately after burnouts as well as using it to help balance the carb by analyzing header tube temps. Any other cool things to use this for???
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The infrared thermometers have one drawback that needs to be taken into consideration. The "emmissivity" of the target will affect the accuracy of the readings. This basically relates to the color of the target. Most thermometers are set for "Black Body" targets, so it will read well on the tires. If your headers are silver coated, the readings will be substantially below the actual temperature.
Interesting!!!RPM wrote:The infrared thermometers have one drawback that needs to be taken into consideration. The "emmissivity" of the target will affect the accuracy of the readings. This basically relates to the color of the target. Most thermometers are set for "Black Body" targets, so it will read well on the tires. If your headers are silver coated, the readings will be substantially below the actual temperature.
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Speaking of those things, I ran across some of these the other day Randy
http://www.davis.com/showpage.asp?L3ID=212
I'm wondering if those things would work with the logger?
http://www.davis.com/showpage.asp?L3ID=212
I'm wondering if those things would work with the logger?
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tru, but they will show you a differeance in temp between cylinders if there is one.RPM wrote:The infrared thermometers have one drawback that needs to be taken into consideration. The "emmissivity" of the target will affect the accuracy of the readings. This basically relates to the color of the target. Most thermometers are set for "Black Body" targets, so it will read well on the tires. If your headers are silver coated, the readings will be substantially below the actual temperature.
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