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Erratic ThermaPen Readings
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jeffinsgf
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Just recently my ThermaPen has been acting wonky. Readings are erratic and inconsistent. Anyone else experienced this? Is there a low battery indicator? How long do the batteries normally last? Mine's a couple years old.
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bet it is the batteries mine are a couple of years old and no problem. my dads is newer and he just had to change his. it was doing the same thing.
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That's what mine did too. Crazy readings all over the place. New battery and whala!
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Put in boiling water, check if it is off, should red 212.
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Thanks. I'll replace them/it and cross my fingers.
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Great to hear. Thanks. New battery today.
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That's actually what I was doing when I decided to label its performance "erratic". It bounced from 180 to 240 in a perfectly stable pot of boiling water.
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Battery does sound like the issue. But why not contact them anyway? http://www.thermoworks.com/contact_us.html
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Mine has been doing the same thing but with a wider variance in temp. fluctuation. Works sometimes sometimes not. I changed the battery and no change.
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If the battery does not solve the problem contact Amber at the Thermoworks. I believe BigBadger put the link in his post.
The Thermoworks folks are great and stand behind the products. Amber is great to work with and I am sure will be happy to help you out.
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Sounds pretty "screwy" Do you have the splash proof pen? How old is it?
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If there is something wrong with it that a battery can't fix be assured they have a great warranty. Tim
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