Loggable ambient temp sensor

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J. Sparrow
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Loggable ambient temp sensor

Post by J. Sparrow » Sat Feb 03, 2007 7:11 pm

Don't know where to put this question really.

Does anyboy know of a loggable ambient temperature sensor which can be connected to the computer ?

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Post by spookmineer » Sat Feb 03, 2007 7:52 pm

The T-Balancer comes with software which *may* allow for logging (not sure).

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Post by J. Sparrow » Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:21 am

Expensive and hard to find, though :(

Where should I put the temperature probe in order to have an ambient reading?

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Post by nici » Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:25 am

Outside the case or just very close to the intake. It's basically room temperature.
In a computing context, ambient temperature is the air temperature of any environment where computers and related equipment are kept.

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Post by J. Sparrow » Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:44 am

nici wrote:Outside the case or just very close to the intake. It's basically room temperature.
The probe must be suspended in the air to have accurate readings ?

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Post by nici » Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:53 am

The air changes temperature faster than the metal surrounding it. And right now the temperature of the metal in my case in the lower front is a couple degrees higher than the table it sits on. I can't measure air temp with an IR thermometer.

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