Wednesday, Aug 11, 2004 at 17:03
David & Roachie,
I bought one of those jaycar $39.95 units that tell inside /outside temps as
well as volts. I had it in front of the gearstick. Looked fine mounted there. Interesting seeing volts as
well as how
well the air con was working! On the way south from
Camooweal a few months ago, all we really knew was that the heat & the flies outside were bad.
Anyhow, here's my experiences:
1. Unrelaible and wildy inaccuarte re temps. On an ambient temp day of say 25 deg, it would sometimes read 25, - confirmed by the car radio - sometimes (say) 43 deg. On onemild day last summer, down at
Robe (my guess 22 deg), it read 53 deg!!!!
2. Internal capacitor started to squeal, to the extent that, combined with the above, the unit has hit the rubbish bin & I am $ 40 poorer
I have a Richard Smith unit on the fridge; been there for 2 years, same battery, works fine. Roachie, the KISS principle is best................
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