Xref: utzoo sci.physics:13021 sci.electronics:12094 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: sci.physics,sci.electronics Subject: Re: remote temperature sensing Message-ID: Date: 24 May 90 22:27:28 GMT References: <1846@argus.UUCP> <8332.2655d177@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu> <3763@kitty.UUCP> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 4 Sounds like a bolometer to me. They're used for remote temperature sensing in lots of places. I came across them in hot axle detectors for railroad safety devices: you watch the axles as it passes the gadget and sound an alarm if one or more are excessively hot. -- `-_-' Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. 'U` Have you hugged your wolf today? @FIN Dirty words: Zhghnyyl erphefvir vayvar shapgvbaf.