Comments on: Fluke 62 Mini Infrared Thermometer http://toolmonger.com/2009/02/12/fluke-62-mini-infrared-thermometer/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:21:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: fred http://toolmonger.com/2009/02/12/fluke-62-mini-infrared-thermometer/#comment-798479 fred Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:14:41 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=19867#comment-798479 Re BC Says A good application! And a lot cheaper than buying a $20,000 FLIR thermal imaging camera Re BC Says

A good application!
And a lot cheaper than buying a $20,000 FLIR thermal imaging camera

]]> By: BC http://toolmonger.com/2009/02/12/fluke-62-mini-infrared-thermometer/#comment-798331 BC Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:03:25 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=19867#comment-798331 These are great tools in the restoration business. Point them at a water-damaged section of drywall or wood while it's still damp, and you can tell exactly how much material is damaged. The damaged section will read colder than the undamaged section. These are great tools in the restoration business. Point them at a water-damaged section of drywall or wood while it’s still damp, and you can tell exactly how much material is damaged. The damaged section will read colder than the undamaged section.

]]> By: fred http://toolmonger.com/2009/02/12/fluke-62-mini-infrared-thermometer/#comment-797664 fred Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:36:10 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=19867#comment-797664 You seem to have lost many of the recent comments that had been posted. Maybe it the terrible automatic refresh that you have on your otherwise great site – hint hint. Nonetheless, I commented before that we had started out with a Raytek (a Fluke Comapany – with Fluke being a Danaher company) ST25 – which was aimed at the auto mechanic market. It was a nice tool – but had a set emissivity (0.95 – that’s found on many lower-end IR thermometers). It is fine if you point at a dull black body of flat paint – but worthless to check the temp of aluminum plate or copper heating pipe. We switched over to Raytek ST80’s (now being sold as Fluke 68) and bought one high-end MX4 (now Fluke 574) – you can set emissivity on these and get accurate results for varying materials. We use a table of emisivities like that provided on this site: http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/emissivity-coefficients-d_447.html You seem to have lost many of the recent comments that had been posted. Maybe it the terrible automatic refresh that you have on your otherwise great site – hint hint.
Nonetheless, I commented before that we had started out with a Raytek (a Fluke Comapany – with Fluke being a Danaher company) ST25 – which was aimed at the auto mechanic market. It was a nice tool – but had a set emissivity (0.95 – that’s found on many lower-end IR thermometers). It is fine if you point at a dull black body of flat paint – but worthless to check the temp of aluminum plate or copper heating pipe. We switched over to Raytek ST80’s (now being sold as Fluke 68) and bought one high-end MX4 (now Fluke 574) – you can set emissivity on these and get accurate results for varying materials.
We use a table of emisivities like that provided on this site:

http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/emissivity-coefficients-d_447.html

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