Outside thermometer

Just wondered if anyone had any recommendations for an outside thermometer. Really miss not knowing how cold it is outside the car. Useful to know if it's icy so know how careful to be.


Cheers

Nick

you can pick a nice ornamental one up from most garden centres :silly:

but seriously , any thermoeter made for a car will work just fine , the thing you have to remember is windchill is alot colder than actual temp
so the sensor needs to be out of the airflow
what im saying is dont jam it into the front bumper as when your going 60 down the m1 it will read -10000 lol

I had one of these in the Carry van untill I sold it.
It's now in the apartment in Cyprus.
They do work very well, both inside and outside temps are displayed, along with the time.
Very accurate as well.

www.maplin.co.uk/3-in-1-thermometer-with-clock-34932

Just what I was looking for! Thanks

That looks like what I'm after. There's also This . Just wondered if anyone had one fitted. Where's best for the temp sensor, and are they accurate?

I've researched a bit this topic, as I want to install a thermometer in my Jim also.

I'm sorry to say that both of the above models (as 95% of all thermometers available in the market) are low quality Chinese stuff. Make sure to check the sensor specifications; most of them have an error rate from ±3 to ±5 degrees (even seen one with ±7 !), which is too much in my opinion.

About the positioning: some cars have them behind the bumper, behind the grill (but in front of the radiators of course), others in a side mirror casing. No matter where you put it, it will be subject to heat from the asphalt, the wind which cools the sensor, etc.

Well I've bought one anyway! I knew the new Maplins up the road would come in use!

Might get 1. Maplins are handy for me as a field engineer, network cables ect, But their prices are crazy. I try to use CPC in preston, but don't give them your address as they send me catalogues every day.
cpc.farnell.com/

Not as high tech - but I used to have one of these which was pretty good.
£5 Mechanical Thermometer
No wiring, no batteries and the mirror is not a bad location as it's shielded from the wind. It did tend to read quite high in the sun though - so ideal for the UK.

Si

Would be interested to know what you think of it once you've got it installed.

CPC - don't give them your address as they send me catalogues every day

:laugh: :laugh: they do - but useful for the bumper dumper :pinch: