The Sappy Steamer
10-13-2006, 08:23 PM
I just paid forty bucks for a Trend bimetal thermometer for a canner. After I got it home, I got the idea to check it's accuracy. I boiled some water and stuck the 6 inch stem in and all I got was 166 degrees no matter how deep I put the stem in. I put it under cool water and tried it several more times with the same results. It's a 0/250 deg. F. model. Is there a way to calibrate this type? I don't see anything that adjusts it like on the 0-7-50 models we have on the evaporators. I sure hope I didn't get a lemon. I don't really feel like driving 60 miles to exchange it.