To monitor the head temperature of my nitro burning r/c engines, I use a twenty five dollar instrument. A great little device if you just need something quick and cheap versus something expensive that's calibrated and traceable for ISO purposes: http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/WTI0001P?&I=LXEMG5 Works great for most metals, and is continuous reading. Tells me if I have my air/fuel mixture set right after a good run as the fuel also acts as a coolant with the tiny engines. It's emissivity value can be changed to measure other type materials. The pdf manual is downloadable from the above address. Dave Simonik Sanmina SCI Owego NY -----Original Message----- From: DTremmel [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 4:23 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: IR Thermometer Hello, I am interested in purchasing an IR Thermometer. It should give a constant, real-time temperature reading just like a contact thermocouple. Does anyone have any experience with these and would mind giving a recommendation? Thank you, David Tremmel Value Recovery 847 557-9574 - Phone 847 557-9573 - Fax <http://ValuRecovery.com> http://ValuRecovery.com VALUE RECOVERY Quality is the nature of the service --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- CONFIDENTIALITY This e-mail message and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail message, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail message, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail message in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copies of this email and any prints thereof. ABSENT AN EXPRESS STATEMENT TO THE CONTRARY HEREINABOVE, THIS E-MAIL IS NOT INTENDED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR A WRITING. Notwithstanding the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the applicability of any other law of similar substance and effect, absent an express statement to the contrary hereinabove, this e-mail message its contents, and any attachments hereto are not intended to represent an offer or acceptance to enter into a contract and are not otherwise intended to bind the sender, Sanmina-SCI Corporation (or any of its subsidiaries), or any other person or entity. --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------