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[AirForcePOL]

AirForcePOL, You mentioned having problems with your infrared thermometer. I bought a cheao Harbor Freight and noticed problems when trying to read pipe temps.  The laser dot is pretty far off on mine and had best results reading pipe holding it very close and slowly moving it across the target until  reads the highest.  When using it in the pump area at the back of my boiler I found that backing the targeted area with a wood scrap helped.  When i would just shoot it at the piping, I'm sure it was hit or miss, sometimes reading the tank or firebox surface.

Thanks for the tips!  I have the cheap harbor freight one as well.  I tried putting duct tape on the pipe like the manual said but that didn't work too good.