Abd ul-Rahman Lomax <[email protected]> wrote:
> The maximum error in the actual measurement, then, will be +/- 0.1 degree, > plus a little, so that it *might* be off by another digit under some > circumstances. I.e, suppose the calibration reads 100.0, but the internals > of the meter is saying 100.0499. So we then have a systematic error of > -0.0499 degree. Then we go to measure a temperature of 100.0998 degrees. The > meter will "read" 100.0499, rounding down to 100.0. An error of almost 0.1 > degree. > Good point. On a meter with a fixed display, you cannot calibrate any finer than the last digit displayed, minus a tad. McKubre can calibrate RTDs (I think they are) to a fraction of a degree because he is looking at a computer screen with as many digits as you like. - Jed
