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Jun 26, 2007 | 08:38 AM

last5oh_302

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Thermometer question

I was just wondering where the thermometer is located on our trucks for sensing the outside temperature?
I imagine it would have to be located in such a place that it wouldn't pick up engine heat or wind chill.

Jun 26, 2007 | 12:58 PM

screwy

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It’s attached to a support dead center in front of the radiator.

Jun 26, 2007 | 01:12 PM

last5oh_302

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It’s attached to a support dead center in front of the radiator.

Thank you sir. I wonder how accurate it is being located where wind is hitting it.

Jun 26, 2007 | 01:19 PM

sammer4u

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It has to be pretty darn close! At least close enough for what I am concerned! If I would require more accuracy, I would purchase some more complex!

Jun 26, 2007 | 03:25 PM

KevinM

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If your truck has been sitting awhile after running you will notice the temp is way up, reason picks up the radiator heat. Once running for a little while it does the correct readout. The tmep sensor not only provides an out to the outside temp guage, but also interfaces to the AC system.

Jun 26, 2007 | 03:36 PM

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Yes, I have noticed the high temperature reading. In fact yesterday and today we're getting extremely warm weather at over the 100 degree mark with humidex. In Celsius my gauge was reading 43 degrees when I got in the truck, although the truck had been sitting for 10 hours. I' attribute this to the fact that the truck is black and I can only imagine what the temp must be under hood sitting in the hot sun. I figured that this 43 degrees must have been what the temp was under the hood sitting still. Once I started moving, the gauge went directly down to 37 degrees. It matched what the signboard on the side of the highway stated.