Recently I acquired a JOBO CPA 2 from another member in this FORUM. Shipping was a killer, but the seller did a great job in packing the processor and it arrived in perfect condition. It was complete except for its thermometer. I easily adapted a glass Kodak Color thermometer to fit into the unit's thermometer holder. It worked fine except twice I came close to accidentally hitting the glass thermometer and breaking it. Looked into acquiring a precision digital thermometer (brand, I forgot it, was mentioned by a FORUM member in another thread), but it was going for well over $100.00. I was on Amazon and came across a "Digital Refrigerator Thermometer LCD Display Thermostat" with battery and sending unit for all of $8.54. "Resolution is 0.1 degrees Fahrenheit". Accuracy was not stated, but other similar thermometers list 4 degrees (plus or minus 2 degrees?). The thermometer arrived in a small box with no paperwork. So I tested it several times over the past week, comparing it to my two Kodak Type 3 Process Thermometers at 68 degrees. I was floored... I can read the temperature readings on my Kodak Type 3 Process Thermometers to within maybe a quarter of a degree. That digital thermometer reads within a tenth of a degree. The two Kodak Process thermometers and the $8.54 digital thermometer gave me consistently the same readings within a quarter of a degree.
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