Anyone have a Recta Thermometer.....no i said RECTA

[bmartin1uk]

Does anyone have one of these Recta thermometer and compass?

I bought one the other day and bit embarrassed to say, i'm not entirely sure how to read it!

I was always under the assumption that the top of the red liquid (alcohol?) was where you read the temperature. However, on the Recta thermometer theres also a white line a small distance from the top that moves with the rise and fall of the red liquid, and this white line seems to be closer to the presumed temperature from the weather man or office aircon panel.

Anyone else seen this on theres.

The white line is at the 20 degrees c in this picture and the office aircon is set to 22. So i'm assuming its correct? Despite it taking almost 3 hours to reach this temperature from 16 degrees when i took it out of my bag this morning. Theres no way its 30 degrees in here! Just trying to find out if my thermometer works really.

 

[sasquatch]

Looks like 20 to me?

 

[JohnC]

That looks like there is a gap in the spirit column rather than an intentional space. In the wards, in the old days when we used mercury thermoms, that indicated a fault in the thermometer. I've always read a thermometer from the top of the column..

On the recta site, there doesnt look like there is a break in the column
http://www.recta.ch/en/comet

 

[bmartin1uk]

That looks like there is a gap in the spirit column rather than an intentional space. In the wards, in the old days when we used mercury thermoms, that indicated a fault in the thermometer. I've always read a thermometer from the top of the column..

On the recta site, there doesnt look like there is a break in the column
http://www.recta.ch/en/comet

damn it....

 

[Chris the Cat]

I bought one to take with me to the Arctic a while back,... It didn't work !
Hope you find one that does mate! ( and if you do, give me a shout please ! )
My best.
Chris.

 

[Mesquite]

damn it....

Before you bin it or otherwise try flicking it really hard. By flicking it I mean hold it in your hand and flicking your arm in a whipping motion.

You can sometimes make the contents rejoin if you do that.

 

[Humpback]

I have that model and there is no gap in mine. As stated above it is faulty.
Alan

 

[Barn Owl]

Before you bin it or otherwise try flicking it really hard. By flicking it I mean hold it in your hand and flicking your arm in a whipping motion.

You can sometimes make the contents rejoin if you do that.

Yep, try that or go for a refund.
Keep mind that These things aren't too trustworthy when working properly either.

Take two same with compasses,just in case.