Date:         Sun, 18 Dec 2011 16:59:45 -0800
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From:         Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: Outside Temperature
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ah but some of us even further north use our vans all year round.

alistair


On 2011-12-18, at 4:08 PM, mcneely4@COX.NET wrote:

> ---- Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: 
>> Of course its not important to you Dave, you don't get the black ice conditions as often as some of the rest of us. The frost warning feature on my cheapo unit blinks or beeps when outside temp gets to 2 C.  It's a head's up to be aware that there might be slippery sections of road. 
>> 
>> It is also nice when going skiing, driving up the hill and happily seeing the outside temp drop.
> 
> Oh, we get black ice.   We may get more freezing rain than further north, because the upper atmosphere where the ppt. forms is more likely to be warm, while we are cold at ground level.  But we get refreezing of slush and snow, too.
> 
> But I am not usually going camping under such conditions, and I use my camper mainly for that.  I do some winter camping, but mostly when the weather is dry.
> 
> mcneely
> 
> 
>> 
>> alistair
>> 
>> 
>> On 2011-12-18, at 3:07 PM, Dave Mcneely wrote:
>> 
>>> I just have a regular alcohol thermometer that I use for such things.  I guess it would be more convenient to have a means of knowing the temperature outside when I am inside (particularly when driving), but it has never seemed that important to do.  Maybe when I run out of other projects ............ .
>>> 
>>> mcneely
>>> 
>>> ---- Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>>> On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Steven Shelton <shelton4@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> When we're camping I'm always curious about the outside temperature.  Has
>>>>> anyone installed an outside/inside temperature gauge that they're happy
>>>>> with?  Please share what brand you used and how you installed it.
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I have one of the cheapo's too.  about $10 with an LCD readout,
>>>> switchable from inside to outside or time of day.  It sticks on my dash
>>>> just above the heater controls with velcro and the outside temp probe
>>>> (wired) I ran under the pod and behind the carpet on the firewall, then out
>>>> at the washerfluid res.  the probe lives down there on the frame.  Seems
>>>> pretty accurate and it has a backlight on a button.   It is handy when
>>>> driving in the Northwest to know whether you are seeing wet road or black
>>>> Ice.  Knowing the outside temp is handy and since I POS analog stock clock
>>>> only works when it is warm, I also have a time display on the dash, should
>>>> my wrist be covered or my cell phone be lost or my radio display time
>>>> wrong, or or...
>>> 
>>> --
>>> David McNeely
>> 
> 
> --
> David McNeely