I recently picked one of these up at a barn sale.
http://www.omega.com/pptst/870_HANDHELD.html
I couldnt find anything out about it since it was an estate (death) sale. But the price was so good I figured I could risk losing a few dollars if it doesnt turn out to work. I put a battery in it and everything seemed to work.
I dont have a forge set up yet, but hope to in the future. So at this time I would like to use it for checking the temp on my tempering oven and my quench tank, etc. Eventually I would like to use to monitor the internal temp in my forge.
So first I wanted to ask those here who know more about these things than I if I am right thinking this unit should work for these applications.
Secondly, what accessories should I get for those applications? It came with no thermocouples.
Seems like the basic K ones that were supplied with the unit (which I can purchase as replacement parts) are a good start. Seem reasonably priced.
Any value to the general purpose mini probe they sell?
Any more preferred sources for thermocouples that you would like to share?
I guess if the thing turns to have some problem, I could always toss it and still be able to use any thermocouples I purchase in the future with a new thermometer, so no real loss
So any thoughts on this unit and how I should go about this would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
http://www.omega.com/pptst/870_HANDHELD.html
I couldnt find anything out about it since it was an estate (death) sale. But the price was so good I figured I could risk losing a few dollars if it doesnt turn out to work. I put a battery in it and everything seemed to work.
I dont have a forge set up yet, but hope to in the future. So at this time I would like to use it for checking the temp on my tempering oven and my quench tank, etc. Eventually I would like to use to monitor the internal temp in my forge.
So first I wanted to ask those here who know more about these things than I if I am right thinking this unit should work for these applications.
Secondly, what accessories should I get for those applications? It came with no thermocouples.
Seems like the basic K ones that were supplied with the unit (which I can purchase as replacement parts) are a good start. Seem reasonably priced.
Any value to the general purpose mini probe they sell?
Any more preferred sources for thermocouples that you would like to share?
I guess if the thing turns to have some problem, I could always toss it and still be able to use any thermocouples I purchase in the future with a new thermometer, so no real loss
So any thoughts on this unit and how I should go about this would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.