I need to measure temp of glass, by making contact with the glass surface. Will the probes work for a glass surface? Or only work for metals?
301463
It can be used in any surface, of couurse it always must to be below the max temp of probes.
301464
It works by measuring the change in resistance in the metal probe tips caused by change in temperature of those tips. The probe tips change temperature by being in contact with whatever material you are taking a reading from. The thermal transfer from glass to metal probe tip will be somewhat slower than a metal-metal contact, how much slower I can't say, but shouldn't be much. So it will work, you just have to wait a bit longer for the temperature to stabilize.
1885539
Yes... the specs say do not exceed 350F for the probe itself... the problem is that the probe is ok beyond that, but the rubber insulation on the wire melts above 400F as I found out the hard way. Since the probe is not detachable from the wire I do not exceed 350F with the new probe I had to buy.
436030
Some of these units come with a clip to allow you to attach it to the side of a pot. So long as the probe is not touching the bottom or side of the pot you should get a reliable reading. Just be sure you have stirred the pot so the temp of the liquid is uniform.
1206599
I know it works on Plexiglass. I have never used it on glass. I would recommend testing it on two small pieces.
976592
This will work fine, because it uses infrared to measure temperature. I tried it on a few grills and it gives you accurate temperatures.
2263748
This did not work on my lamps as there was no metal for it to come in contact with. This question IS very vague, this part has nothing to do with the glass on a lamp.
596335
It will give you the surface temperature of the glass but you will have to hit a nearby wall to calculate the differences between both and that should give you a good estimate
877232
No. It only measures surface temps.On a side note, my unit broke within an hour of delivery. I would not recommend this product.
1591192
The probe you are trying to use is for the grill temp monitor. There is another for the food which is longer and is pointed! You can get them alone or in sets.
152027
Don,t see why not, temp is temp. Inside the probe is a thermpcouple, that sendstiny amounts of electricity to the meter which is read in degs. But keep it feom gettingwet where the wire comes out of the probe.
96282
As others have said, you can probably use the metal-corded probe to measure oven temp if it's not touching metal. It doesn't do it concurrently as my old Polder did, however.
2077100
I haven't tried yet, I got it for HVAC but I would buy different probes just in case these are not raident heat safe probe would live but wire might melt, now if your going to take the temp on the outside of the coil housing it should work fine I used it to check an electric heat coil and got a good read right under the flash plate. Hope this helps any other ? Feel free to ask happy Halloween
2077104
I have never used the probes up to this temp but I think they may need to be encased in something to protect them. I would think one of the long pointed probes which are available would work better. I have only used the provided probes attached to the outside of a hot pipe to measure its temp.
48977
Yes, it works fine...this thermometer is great for high temperatures, but my preference is the total glass one as it is easier to clean. Hot water fixes it all but still like my old glass one better...If I break it will replace it with a glass one for jellies and hard candy. Hope this helps K
1446899
The probe needs to be long enough otherwise you would melt the plastic. The probe length is several feet.
2226817
I had the item out to test it and although I wasn't able to have a thermometer to get the temperature I could not hold this in my hand for any length of time. Personally I would not want to attach this to any type of plastic but would opt to use on a metal surface that would dissipate the heat to the area.
1545046
Iv'e never used mine on glass but for the smaller pieces of metal I use it on I am very happy with it.