IR thermometers aren’t particularly accurate. Especially when pointed at reflective surfaces like glass, where some of the return will actually be reflected heat coming from you.
Most wall thermostats are designed to read the temperature of the air; the wall behind may be warmer or colder.
This is why it’s important to get one with an adjustable emissivity, so you can adjust it to whatever material you are measuring. Or you can stick some electrical tape on what you want to measure, 3M super 88 is 0.96 so I just set my fluke to 0.96 and stick that shit everywhere I want to measure.
IR thermometers aren’t particularly accurate. Especially when pointed at reflective surfaces like glass, where some of the return will actually be reflected heat coming from you.
Most wall thermostats are designed to read the temperature of the air; the wall behind may be warmer or colder.
This is why it’s important to get one with an adjustable emissivity, so you can adjust it to whatever material you are measuring. Or you can stick some electrical tape on what you want to measure, 3M super 88 is 0.96 so I just set my fluke to 0.96 and stick that shit everywhere I want to measure.
But 88 is trash my dude
I’m a 33 man
Or, - hear me out - covid was a hoax
Why is this joke downvoted? It would make no sense to take this at face value unless we assume you are extremely mentally ill