• cassetti@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    God I hate those no-contact temperature sensors - people use them on literally every surface without realizing there’s something called thermal emissivity - different surfaces reflect and radiate heat differently. A glass or metal surface will reflect heat much differently from wood or drywall surfaces.

    These cheap no-contact temp sensors usually are set to measure the heat from surfaces found in home construction - drywall, wood, painted surfaces, etc. Some of the nicer ones can have adjustable emissivity but most people never tinker with that setting.

    Now if you’re using a nice FLiR thermal camera, you absolutely need to tinker with emissivity to get a good image.

    Given the fact that the display on this temp sensor does not display the emissivity setting, I’d assume it’s fixed - and not set to accurately read the temperature of that metal surface.

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      1 year ago

      Speaking from experience with mine set to .95ε an anodized aluminum surface actually comes close to what wood measures at same temp.

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    it boots its clock till it hits its thermal limit

    Dell XPS does the same thing. its fairly normal for a lot of higher end laptops.

    if it runs at 90 degrees then youre technically leaving performance on the table…

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    1 year ago

    I live in a tropical country. It has me concerned about how well the m2 air would perform without a fan. Hopefully the next 13” pro does not have the touch at and I’ll just get that to be safe.