Timeline for Couldn't the landlord just say the Thermometer doesn't work when confronted with the temperature being too low?
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| Feb 21 at 10:55 | comment | added | phoog | @lupe in jurisdictions I'm familiar with there is a very specific procedure required for paying reduced rent, so it is probably a good idea to check with a local L&T lawyer or at least s tenant's rights organization before reducing rent payments. | |
| Feb 21 at 10:51 | comment | added | phoog | @MikeB unless it's a digital thermometer designed to measure ambient air temperature, in which case immersing it will probably cause it to stop working. Even an analogue thermometer with a bimetallic strip is unlikely to handle immersion very well. | |
| Feb 20 at 10:54 | comment | added | lupe | I'd like to add that the themometer the topic originator bought is probably correct, but before you take action like reducing the rent you pay, you want to have excellent proof of this. | |
| Feb 20 at 9:04 | comment | added | nvoigt | Be careful with the upper bounds. While I like the scientific test, do not put thermometers for measuring room temperature in boiling water or a really cold freezer. They are probably not meant for that and it might not be safe! A cheap room thermometer that goes from -20 to 50 should never reach their respective limits anywhere in Germany naturally and will certainly not be safe for going over those limits. | |
| Feb 20 at 8:24 | comment | added | MikeB | It wouldn't hurt to test the thermometers by dunking in ice-water (zero degrees) then in boiling water (100 degrees) It is a reasonable assumption that if those two points read correctly, then anything in between is correct too. If the thermometer doesn't reach either of those two extremes, it isn't worth relying on in the first place. | |
| Feb 19 at 12:31 | history | answered | lupe | CC BY-SA 4.0 |