I just have a regular alcohol thermometer that I use for such things.  I guess it would be more convenient to have a means of knowing the temperature outside when I am inside (particularly when driving), but it has never seemed that important to do.  Maybe when I run out of other projects ............ .

mcneely

---- Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Steven Shelton <shelton4@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > When we're camping I'm always curious about the outside temperature.  Has
> > anyone installed an outside/inside temperature gauge that they're happy
> > with?  Please share what brand you used and how you installed it.
> >
>
>   I have one of the cheapo's too.  about $10 with an LCD readout,
> switchable from inside to outside or time of day.  It sticks on my dash
> just above the heater controls with velcro and the outside temp probe
> (wired) I ran under the pod and behind the carpet on the firewall, then out
> at the washerfluid res.  the probe lives down there on the frame.  Seems
> pretty accurate and it has a backlight on a button.   It is handy when
> driving in the Northwest to know whether you are seeing wet road or black
> Ice.  Knowing the outside temp is handy and since I POS analog stock clock
> only works when it is warm, I also have a time display on the dash, should
> my wrist be covered or my cell phone be lost or my radio display time
> wrong, or or...

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David McNeely