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Temp gauge on little Lidl alarm clock - accurate?

NIMAN · 2015-05-13 23:49:46

Couldn't decide what forum this belonged in (even considered the Weather one), but was just looking at my little cheap alarm clock and was wondering how accurate the temperature gauge really would be? The only opening on the unit I could see was where the sound came out, so how does it accurately tell temp? Or should I…

14-05-2015 12:49AM

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NIMAN

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Couldn't decide what forum this belonged in (even considered the Weather one), but was just looking at my little cheap alarm clock and was wondering how accurate the temperature gauge really would be?

The only opening on the unit I could see was where the sound came out, so how does it accurately tell temp?

Or should I take it with a big pinch of salt?

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#2 15-05-2015 04:47PM

coylemj

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With a major pinch of salt. I have a desk clock with an LCD display and very similar to yours which I bought in the Science Museum in London. The temperature gauge is hopelessly inaccurate, typically showing well above the actual temperature, mainly because there's no airflow through it so it's essentially measuring the temperature of the air that's trapped inside the unit.

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