this post was submitted on 26 Jul 2023
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[–] Kruemel@feddit.de 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] kresten@feddit.dk 4 points 1 year ago

Thanks, was just about to ask

[–] cassetti@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] riodoro1@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 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.

[–] Nioxic@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Fun fact.. the center of the sun is colder, than the surface.

[–] Simplesyrup@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Gaming on mac huh!??!

[–] worfamerryman@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] vanderbilt@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I push my M1 pretty hard living in Florida and I have no issues even outside.

[–] Nioxic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

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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