At 02:08 PM 10/6/2011, Rich Murray wrote:
5 deg rise in water from input to output thermister -- need to disconfirm the possibility of a small local heater hidden within the thermister... Rich Murray [ never a "pathological skeptic"... -- merely pragmatic ]
You're right ... but did they make sure that hordes of mice aren't peeing into the water flow?
Here's a chart of mouse body-temperature fluctuations, which you'd better take into account. http://www.hhmi.org/news/popups/20060131_pop.html