I'm not even sure that consistency is all that important.
An advantage of a good quality thermometer is that you get
a reading very quickly while you are adjusting the hot and
cold water flow. Some fo the cheaper ones are slow to react
to temp changes.
Another way to go cheaply is to get a small stick-on,
color-change thermometer for a buck or two and stick that
on the faucet.
I think I first heard of the the stick-on method from
George Booth.
Have plants, have fun,
Scott H.
--- Liz Wilhite <satirica at gmail_com> wrote:
On 6/29/05, S. Hieber <shieber at yahoo_com> wrote:
A good digital thermometer is an easy way to check the
water temp from the at the sink before using the Python
to
fill the aquarium.
I'm cheap -- I use a $5 instant read thermometer from
the grocery store.
You don't need theremometer accuracy -- you need
precision. As long as the
thermometer shows the same temp in the tank that you have
running out the
faucet you are okay. So the fact that this thermometer
indicates the water
in both places is 68F when its really 78F doesn't matter
at all.
Liz
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