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SIR2, SPK1 Pocket IR and Pocket-knife Style Thermometers Feature Faster and More Convenient Readings
BREA, Calif., February 7, 2005 -- Fieldpiece Instruments, supplier of modular, professional-grade instruments for field service, announces the immediate availability of two new pocket thermometers, the SIR2 Pocket Infrared (IR) Thermometer with laser, and the SPK1 Pocket-knife Style Thermometer. The two new products are designed for quick temperature readings of registers and ambient temperatures, both indoor and outside.
The SIR2 Pocket Infrared (IR) Thermometer utilizes a laser to identify the target. With the SIR2, the technician can take ambient air temperatures by “shooting” any representative surface immediately after pulling it from his pocket. There’s no need to wait for stabilization. The viewing ratio is 3:1, which means that you can “shoot” a 6” register from a foot and a half away. You can also measure the temperature of a 4-foot section of wall from 12 feet away.
The SPK1 thermometer is like the common rod-type thermistor thermometer except that it folds in half. The probe folds into the body for storage and protection, making it much easier to carry than a non-folding thermometer. Detents allow the technician to open the probe part way so he can hang it from a vent or thermostat for safer hands-free measurement. The detents hold the rod at any angle. Because the rod folds away like a pocket-knife, there is no cover or sleeve to lose.
“These two pocket thermometers, even though they use different technologies, can make the technician’s job a little easier and faster,” said Rey Harju of Fieldpiece Instruments. Both thermometers fit nicely in a pocket, display temperature at 0.1°F resolution, both have easy to read displays, both have a MIN/MAX and HOLD mode, have a Hold button to freeze the display, both have auto off, both can display °F or °C. The temperature ranges are -27°F to 482°F (SIR2) and -58°F to 392°F (SPK1). Accuracies from 0°F to180°F are +/- 3.6 °F (SIR2) and +/-1.8°F (SPK1).
Client Contact: Russell Harju – Product Manager, (714) 634.1844
Press Contact: Beverly Steinberg, (714) 777-2760
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Formed in 1989, Orange County, Calif.-based Fieldpiece Instruments has become the testing tool company that HVACR professionals trust. Because Fieldpiece focuses only on the HVACR industry, all products are developed to solve real world HVACR problems. Not only do the tools have the right functions and features, but also techs can trust them to work where and when they need them, because they withstand the use and abuse techs in the HVACR field dish out. Fieldpiece constantly develops new tools that allow HVACR professionals to do more than they otherwise could, increasing the tech’s capability and billable hours. For more information please visit our website at www.fieldpiece.com or call 714.634.1844.