And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I've had a Raytek brand IR reader for around 30 years. It was about the same price as the one above and has never missed a beat. Seems like the 9V batteries last forever, too. A couple of uses they're handy for is detecting failing packing on hydraulic cylinders (they run hotter that the others) and figuring which cylinder is missing on your engine (they run cooler).
Yes, a handy tool. I've had one for about 10 years, though it's an Extech brand. Useful also for monitoring woodstove chimney pipe temps and in calibrating the accuracy of my Rutland Burn Indicator.
I keep one in the door pocket of my truck. Any time I have the trailer hooked up after 6 or 7 miles I will pull over to do a bearing and hot brake check. I will do it again every time I stop.
That's a great idea. I should gift one to my cousin, who hauls our cattle to the auction yard 90 miles away in an 18' Wilson stock tailer. I used to just use my hand to feel the hubs but this is a more fun, better way.
Not saying this is one of them but do your research. Some of those inexpensive heat guns are only accurate within a certain distance from the item being scanned and inaccurate at other ranges. Depending on the distance, some can be off by quite a bit.
Wild, wild west is correct! The one of these that I ordered from Amazon was wildly inaccurate from any distance more than 6 inches. Especially cooler items like food or inside a refrigerator. The black colored portion of mine broke down after about nine months and became tacky\sticky. I threw it away.
A useful way to remotely check temperature in dangerous places like electrical boxes and remote locations such as wiring in outlet boxes.
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I've had 2 of those forehead temp readers and neither worked right. The first one failed after a couple months, the 2nd one after a year.
ReplyDeleteI've had a Raytek brand IR reader for around 30 years. It was about the same price as the one above and has never missed a beat. Seems like the 9V batteries last forever, too.
ReplyDeleteA couple of uses they're handy for is detecting failing packing on hydraulic cylinders (they run hotter that the others) and figuring which cylinder is missing on your engine (they run cooler).
Yes, a handy tool. I've had one for about 10 years, though it's an Extech brand. Useful also for monitoring woodstove chimney pipe temps and in calibrating the accuracy of my Rutland Burn Indicator.
ReplyDeleteI keep one in the door pocket of my truck. Any time I have the trailer hooked up after 6 or 7 miles I will pull over to do a bearing and hot brake check. I will do it again every time I stop.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great idea. I should gift one to my cousin, who hauls our cattle to the auction yard 90 miles away in an 18' Wilson stock tailer.
DeleteI used to just use my hand to feel the hubs but this is a more fun, better way.
That could be dangerous if she catches you.
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DeleteNot saying this is one of them but do your research. Some of those inexpensive heat guns are only accurate within a certain distance from the item being scanned and inaccurate at other ranges. Depending on the distance, some can be off by quite a bit.
ReplyDeleteI have a FLIR brand that's great, A little more $$$, but I can see water leaks in walls.
ReplyDeleteWild, wild west is correct! The one of these that I ordered from Amazon was wildly inaccurate from any distance more than 6 inches. Especially cooler items like food or inside a refrigerator. The black colored portion of mine broke down after about nine months and became tacky\sticky. I threw it away.
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