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

[Grover.Richardson at gtri.gatech.edu]

Throwing a bucket over a bridge... Reminds me of when I was on a destroyer.  A fella was told to get a bucket of sea water.  I was standing on the main deck just passing time waiting on the chow line to start up.  He came out, tied a bucket to his wrist and threw it over the side.  We were making good steam at the time. The 1 gallon bucket took ahold of about 100 gallons of water and started to drag him cruelly down the side of the ship.  Every time he hit one of the vertical "fence posts", his arm and body rolled up and over it and quickly approached the next.  Luckily he got the rope untied before he ran out of ship.

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From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ron Childers
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Use the reel taped to a short stick. I promise the Gendarmes would be more interested in the experiment than worrying about what you might catch with a bucket. I've never tried a thermometer as bait. ~~~><cc*> !


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[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Freeman
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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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