My indoor\/outdoor thermometer started giving bad outdoor temperatures a few weeks ago. I decided it was time for a new one and was on the lookout for something on sale. At Target they had thermometers on sale. I could get an Oregon Scientific one with a wire outdoor sensor for $8. But for $10.48 they had one (Model RAR188A) with a wireless outdoor sensor (model THN122N) and it let you add two more sensors which is appealing because I’d kind of like to know how hot or cold the the attic gets. So I bought it. It worked fine (though the first one I had was the best because it not only recorded the low and high temperatures, but the *time* those occurred; I haven’t been able to find one like that since). But I wondered about adding sensors. On Amazon they had compatible outdoor sensors (I couldn’t find the same sensor model sold individually, though I did find out that Radio Shack’s thermometers are the same as Oregon Scientific but with a different brand) but they were $20 and more. I thought it would be cheaper just to buy another $10.48 unit just for its outdoor sensor (the sensor has a switch that can be set to Channel 1, 2, or 3). After thinking about it for a day, I went back up to Target and got another one (in metallic blue; they also had iPod mini colors pink and green). But what I didn’t realize at first was that I could use both indoor units to read both sensors. So I put one in the kitchen and one in the bedroom and they both can read outdoor and attic temperatures. Pretty cool.<\/p>\n
\nIt wasn’t actually all that cool at first. The new one worked fine, but the one I bought yesterday wasn’t recognizing the new sensor. I tried changing it to Channel 3. It still wouldn’t recognize it. I thought yesterday’s thermometer must not recognize Channels 2 and 3. But I knew the new sensor was working because I could read it on the new thermometer. I put the new sensor right next to the old thermometer thinking it was having a hard time getting acquainted. Nothing. I changed batteries in the sensors. Nothing. So I decided to switch the new sensor to Channel 1 and the old sensor to 2 and see what would happen. Eventually the old thermometer didn’t recognize either one, even when I put the old sensor back on Channel 1. I finally gave up, took the batteries out (it didn’t come with batteries, so they were mine) and put the old one back in the package to return it to Target. But for some reason I decided to try one more time. I put the batteries back in the sensor and then back in the thermometer. It recognized both sensors! Now I looked at the new thermometer and it had stopped recognizing the old sensor. I finally realized that the thermometers only look once for a sensor and then never look again. So the sensors have to be running before you ever put batteries in the thermometer. And if you change the channels, you have to take the batteries back out of the thermometer again. That means you have to enter the time and date all over again, which is why I had avoided taking the batteries out of the thermometer earlier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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