No IR thermometer can do that.
I don't think even with a better one (where you can adjust emission
coefficient) can you measure shiny metal properly.
ST
On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 3:51 PM, sailingto <sailingtoo@...> wrote:
> Thanks for the feed back folks - I have one of those IR thermometers and it is almost impossible to get a decent temperature with hot stuff I'm interested in - copper, aluminum, etc.... even stainless steel.
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> I've tried to check temperature of PCB coming out of the laminator with my IR and it just does not work!
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> I though I had a cheap (it is) crappy IR - but maybe it's the application?
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> Ken H.
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