[Shop-talk] IR temperature meter

[pethier at comcast.net]

----- "Elton E. (Tony) Clark" <eltonclark at gmail.com> wrote:

> *I have a little IR temperature meter which I use around the shop
> checking
> AC in and out temps, motor temps, etc . . one day I was outside
> checking the
> wall temp to see how my insulation was working, it was about 50
> degrees
> ambient and . . . I aimed the meter at the clear blue sky:  It read
> minus 15
> degrees!!!!!!       Is it really measuring something?  Is that a
> default?
> HELP!!!!!*
> 
> *Tony*

What temperature do you think it is way up there?



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