Cheap thermometer calibration technique?

Was it inaccurate only while cooling down, or did it remain inaccurate once fully cooled to outside temperature? The sensor's own temperature matters, and there should be a thermistor or something to measure the sensor temperature and compensate for it, but this can be screwed up if temperature is changing rapidly.

Dave

can drive it a fair distance.

Not as much backpressure as a spud.

Never had the use of an IR one.

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... Well, it is true that you can't touch your ear with your elbow; are you talking about the "naughty bits"? That's just the body shame that got programmed into you by strict religious parents.

This makes no sense whatsoever.

Cheers! Rich

can drive it a fair distance.

That should have said "Try to feed the exhaust pipe into the passenger compartment, and see if you can drive it a fair distance."

Hehehehehhee! Reminds me of Slaughterhouse Five...

My parents aren't religious, luckily. Or I'd have been thrown out of home for making fun probably.

Are you seriously suggesting that excrement is safe to eat?

Those two lines together made me laugh. It reminded me of a drunk person.

My point was the exhaust is not compatible with the air intake. It would choke. Same as if you inhaled farts.

can drive it a fair distance.

Am I allowed to use scuba gear?

Some animals _have to_ eat their own excrement - notably rabbits.

But I'm not suggesting you take your rectal temp. when your rectum is full; and you'd wash it before putting it away anyway.

Cheers! Rich

WHY?!?

You mean the s*it magically doesn't stick to the sides?

I'd want to bloody sterilise it!

See - made him pass out!

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I don't know about rabbits (maybe something to do with digesting cellulose in grass, which is notoriously difficult to do). Cows do something similar, but it's done internally (i.e. chewing the cud).

Many animals have to eat their parents' excrement -- that's how they get the right bacteria into their gut to breakdown the type of food found in that locality. Elephants are probably the best known example of this, and adults will also repeat this if they are moved to a different location where the diet changes.