Digital thermometer for water bath?

Anybody care to suggest something? Reasonably accurate. Reading in
1/10s of a degree [C and F]. Able to handle living in a water bath long
term. Costing less then the national debt.

My current one is likely on the way to the trash. It's a oven
thermomether designed to stuck in food. The problem is it's really reading
high right now. Maybe it'll dry out but I'm not too hopefull. If the probe
can't handle sitting in a 38 degree water bath how is it supposed to handle
an oven?

Nick

I tried to use the same thing. Adapting an el cheapo (~$10) digital
thermometer from the cooking department at the local big box store. It
lasted about a day before it fogged, got wet and shortly thereafter shorted
out and killed the battery. The replacement battery is more expensive that
the orginal thermometer! I'm using the tried and true analog therm still. I
think this is one of those "you get what you pay for" devices.

"Nick Zentena" wrote in message
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Anybody care to suggest something? Reasonably accurate. Reading in
1/10s of a degree [C and F]. Able to handle living in a water bath long
term. Costing less then the national debt.

My current one is likely on the way to the trash. It's a oven
thermomether designed to stuck in food. The problem is it's really reading
high right now. Maybe it'll dry out but I'm not too hopefull. If the probe
can't handle sitting in a 38 degree water bath how is it supposed to
handle
an oven?

Nick

I tried to use the same thing. Adapting an el cheapo (~$10) digital
thermometer from the cooking department at the local big box store. It
lasted about a day before it fogged, got wet and shortly thereafter shorted
out and killed the battery. The replacement battery is more expensive that
the orginal thermometer! I'm using the tried and true analog therm still. I
think this is one of those "you get what you pay for" devices.

"Nick Zentena" wrote in message
...

Anybody care to suggest something? Reasonably accurate. Reading in
1/10s of a degree [C and F]. Able to handle living in a water bath long
term. Costing less then the national debt.

My current one is likely on the way to the trash. It's a oven
thermomether designed to stuck in food. The problem is it's really reading
high right now. Maybe it'll dry out but I'm not too hopefull. If the probe
can't handle sitting in a 38 degree water bath how is it supposed to
handle
an oven?

Nick

"Nick Zentena" wrote in message
...

Anybody care to suggest something? Reasonably accurate. Reading in
1/10s of a degree [C and F]. Able to handle living in a water bath long
term. Costing less then the national debt.

My current one is likely on the way to the trash. It's a oven
thermomether designed to stuck in food. The problem is it's really reading
high right now. Maybe it'll dry out but I'm not too hopefull. If the probe
can't handle sitting in a 38 degree water bath how is it supposed to
handle
an oven?

Nick

Nick,

If you care to try your luck with the German and the company, take a look
at this. Go to www.conrad.de and at the top of the page in the heading of
_Artiklesuche_ put in 120966 55 (won't let me generate a direct link -
sorry). This is a digital thermometer with 0.1C resolution and 0.1 +- 1
digit accuracy. Uses regular 9 volt batteries, so nothing special. Cost is
Euro 46 plus shipping (about $56 plus shipping). I'm about to grab one or
two myself. If you need help, give me an E-Mail address and I'll contact
you privately. I've helped out others the same way.

Jim

"Nick Zentena" wrote in message
...

Anybody care to suggest something? Reasonably accurate. Reading in
1/10s of a degree [C and F]. Able to handle living in a water bath long
term. Costing less then the national debt.

My current one is likely on the way to the trash. It's a oven
thermomether designed to stuck in food. The problem is it's really reading
high right now. Maybe it'll dry out but I'm not too hopefull. If the probe
can't handle sitting in a 38 degree water bath how is it supposed to
handle
an oven?

Nick

Nick,

If you care to try your luck with the German and the company, take a look
at this. Go to www.conrad.de and at the top of the page in the heading of
_Artiklesuche_ put in 120966 55 (won't let me generate a direct link -
sorry). This is a digital thermometer with 0.1C resolution and 0.1 +- 1
digit accuracy. Uses regular 9 volt batteries, so nothing special. Cost is
Euro 46 plus shipping (about $56 plus shipping). I'm about to grab one or
two myself. If you need help, give me an E-Mail address and I'll contact
you privately. I've helped out others the same way.

Jim

"Nick Zentena" wrote in message
...

Anybody care to suggest something? Reasonably accurate. Reading in
1/10s of a degree [C and F]. Able to handle living in a water bath long
term. Costing less then the national debt.

My current one is likely on the way to the trash. It's a oven
thermomether designed to stuck in food. The problem is it's really reading
high right now. Maybe it'll dry out but I'm not too hopefull. If the probe
can't handle sitting in a 38 degree water bath how is it supposed to
handle
an oven?

Nick

Nick,

If you care to try your luck with the German and the company, take a look
at this. Go to www.conrad.de and at the top of the page in the heading of
_Artiklesuche_ put in 120966 55 (won't let me generate a direct link -
sorry). This is a digital thermometer with 0.1C resolution and 0.1 +- 1
digit accuracy. Uses regular 9 volt batteries, so nothing special. Cost is
Euro 46 plus shipping (about $56 plus shipping). I'm about to grab one or
two myself. If you need help, give me an E-Mail address and I'll contact
you privately. I've helped out others the same way.

Jim

Alan Smithee wrote:
I tried to use the same thing. Adapting an el cheapo (~$10) digital
thermometer from the cooking department at the local big box store. It
lasted about a day before it fogged, got wet and shortly thereafter shorted
out and killed the battery. The replacement battery is more expensive that
the orginal thermometer! I'm using the tried and true analog therm still. I
think this is one of those "you get what you pay for" devices.


The only issue with mine is it's reading high. It was reading about 5C
high yesterday when I took the probe out of the bath to let it dry out. It
then started reading 30C high!. Nice big display. AAA battery. Min/Max
function. I've pulled the battery over night who knows maybe that'll fix it.

Nick

Alan Smithee wrote:
I tried to use the same thing. Adapting an el cheapo (~$10) digital
thermometer from the cooking department at the local big box store. It
lasted about a day before it fogged, got wet and shortly thereafter shorted
out and killed the battery. The replacement battery is more expensive that
the orginal thermometer! I'm using the tried and true analog therm still. I
think this is one of those "you get what you pay for" devices.


The only issue with mine is it's reading high. It was reading about 5C
high yesterday when I took the probe out of the bath to let it dry out. It
then started reading 30C high!. Nice big display. AAA battery. Min/Max
function. I've pulled the battery over night who knows maybe that'll fix it.

Nick

Jim Phelps wrote:


If you care to try your luck with the German and the company, take a look
at this. Go to www.conrad.de and at the top of the page in the heading of
_Artiklesuche_ put in 120966 55 (won't let me generate a direct link -
sorry). This is a digital thermometer with 0.1C resolution and 0.1 +- 1
digit accuracy. Uses regular 9 volt batteries, so nothing special. Cost is
Euro 46 plus shipping (about $56 plus shipping). I'm about to grab one or
two myself. If you need help, give me an E-Mail address and I'll contact
you privately. I've helped out others the same way.


I'm just worried about shipping-) Do you think that probe could handle
24/7 in the water? Shipping from Europe some times is wierd. I've had stuff
from France sent for less then shipping from the US. But shipping from the
UK seems like they buy the package a 1st class plane ticket-(.

Thanks
Nick

Jim Phelps wrote:


If you care to try your luck with the German and the company, take a look
at this. Go to www.conrad.de and at the top of the page in the heading of
_Artiklesuche_ put in 120966 55 (won't let me generate a direct link -
sorry). This is a digital thermometer with 0.1C resolution and 0.1 +- 1
digit accuracy. Uses regular 9 volt batteries, so nothing special. Cost is
Euro 46 plus shipping (about $56 plus shipping). I'm about to grab one or
two myself. If you need help, give me an E-Mail address and I'll contact
you privately. I've helped out others the same way.


I'm just worried about shipping-) Do you think that probe could handle
24/7 in the water? Shipping from Europe some times is wierd. I've had stuff
from France sent for less then shipping from the US. But shipping from the
UK seems like they buy the package a 1st class plane ticket-(.

Thanks
Nick