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I haven't found much of a use for them on a bike I must admit.
I do use one regularly for cooling system issues on boats . It's easy to tell if there is a blockage/airlock. If the water pump is not doing its job or if the raw water or skin tank is not cooling.
However these are old style diesel engines with lots of space around the components so you can be pretty sure that what temp you read is from what you are aiming at.
I can't see how with a compact modern bike engine you could be sure of what temperature you are reading because the laser is just a pointer, the sensor is no where near that accurate.
They are good fun for teasing cats though. ____________________ Triumph Trophy Launch Edition |
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They are good at measuring a general temperature of a sort of general area.
Early IR temp guns came with a range of phaphery to 'calibrate the gun to the colour of the surface measured.
Different Colours emit IR more or less.
They say that modern IR guns adjust for emissivity but im not convinced.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emissivity
I don't trust them to be really effective for engine temp diagnostics.
Possibly affected by draughts caused by cooling fans too.
Measuring big things that are over 80°Centipede is not too comfy when close enough to be pointed at the bit and not everything around it.
Shoving a few thermistor probes into things is far more reliable. ____________________ Disclaimer: The comments above may be predicted text and not necessarily the opinion of MCN. |
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Posted: 11:13 - 03 Aug 2020 Post subject: Re: Temperature issues, would a gun thermometer help? |
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WD Forte wrote: | Easy-X wrote: |
(I have one in my tool box. Can't say I've found anything useful to do with it...) |
you people got no imagination
Point it at people and make gun noises.
if it has a switchable laser pointer like mine, shining it in peoples faces
and making buzzy/zap noises never fails to raise a smile.
Quoting Dirty Harry as you do it makes it an even more joyful experience for them. |
Agree- We could save half the time in the supermarket if I wasn't 'zapping' my other half with the self checkout guns. ____________________ CBT: 12/06/10, Theory: 22/09/10, Module 1: 09/11/10, Module 2: 19/01/11
Past: 1991 Honda CG125BR-J, 1992 (1980) Honda XL125S, 1996 Kawasaki GPZ500S.
Current: 1981 Honda CX500B - 91k, 1987 MZ ETZ250 (bored to 295cc) - 38k, 1990 MZ ETZ251 - 49k, 1979 Suzuki TS185ER - 9k, 1973 MZ ES250/2 - 17k. |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 3 years, 258 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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