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Old 05-12-2020, 12:54 AM   #4 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe
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Originally Posted by JRMichler View Post
Scanners are overkill. Search infrared thermometer. I have one that I bought years ago and it has worked, and still works, very well. The absolute accuracy is not all that great, but it's usually within 2 or 3 degrees F. The relative accuracy, where you want to know if one place is warmer than another, is better. I see that Home Depot has them for as little as $30.00: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Klein-To...-IR1/313516785.
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Thanks. I like that one. Thinking future, I could spend $70 and get one with a higher temp range. I see some at Home Depot that brag about emisivity abilities and 1200 F high temp readings... could montior catalyst temps with a thermometer like that...
EDIT: Pulled the trigger and bought General Tools Industrial IR Thermometer with K Probe and Adjustable Emissivity. Great temp range in IR and the K-Probe and emisivity options seemed interesting. Paid $76... I can live with that. I'll use this for a few types of measurement tasks.
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.




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