[TheForge] Way OT -- remote thermometer for river water

[Bruce Freeman]

Duh!

That's why I consult this group.  I should have thought of that myself!

I won't use rod and reel, though, because I'd probably be ticketed for
"fishing".

On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 1:35 PM, peter fels <artgawk at thegrid.net> wrote:

> Put the thermometer in a small bucket and lower the whole thing down.
> The temp of the water in the bucket won't change significantly on the trip
> back up.
>
>
> On Apr 22, 2011, at 10:24 AM, Bruce Freeman wrote:
>
> > I'm tapping the diverse knowledge of this group for a product I need.
> >
> > I want to measure the temperature of the water in small rivers.  Purpose
> -
> > kayaking.  I could get right up to some of these and just stick a
> > thermometer in them, but in most cases it would be a lot more convenient
> to
> > drop a probe in from a bridge -- maybe 20' maximum distance.  But I can't
> > just drop a thermometer into the water and pull it out from 20' above and
> > get a reading -- the reading would change by the time I read it.
> >
> > If they'd work, I could use a remote thermometer like this one --
> > http://www.harborfreight.com/non-contact-pocket-thermometer-93983.html But
> > I don't know WHAT temperature I'd be measuring just pointing a device at
> a
> > river.
> >
> > Any thoughts as to what might work well for such an application?  I'd
> need
> > accuracy within 2* or 3*F, nothing precision.
> >
> > --
> > Bruce
> > NJ
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-- 
Bruce
NJ