I'm wondering why none of the 'gearheads' in this group have mentioned a remote sensing electronic thermometer. Radio Shack (here in the US) sells a cheap one with a 5 or 6 foot wire to the remote sensing element for under $10 USD and one that 'speaks' the temperature for under $20. A lead fishing weight for the remote element and you've got an instrument good to a tenth of a degree, C or F that you can read accurately while underway. You would, however, need to make some waterproofing modifications. I just thought of the last rolling/rescue practice I attended at the Chesapeake Paddler's Association in Annapolis, MD. I had my house and car keys tied inside my PFD. When I got home, I noticed the Princeton Tec pulsar light, powered by two small coin batteries, glowing weakly. I couldn't turn it off. When I took it apart, there was a tremendous amount of corrosion on the batteries, due to electrolysis in the brackish water we were in. Then I remembered another paddler who noticed that her car key would still unlock her car, but that she couldn't turn off the burglar alarm. It wasn't until I got home that I remembered that, and then thought that her car key also had a battery for the car alarm turn-off transmitter. -Kevin Zembower -- kevinz_at_charm.net Kevin Zembower On Sat, 6 Jul 2002, Jennifer Pivovar wrote: > --- Rick.Sylvia_at_ferguson.com wrote: > ...I want to ask you how you do it (for those who do). > > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Jul 08 2002 - 06:46:42 PDT
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