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I went through and calibrated all my thermometers today, thinking that i was about to start making pislners and mistakes in temperature are harder to hide in this style. I have an electric hot liquor tank with a k type thermalcouple hooked up to an auber syl 2352. so to check/calibrate this thermometer i have 2 others that were already calibrated and used to measure the temperature in the hot liquor tank. the two calibrated thermometers were consistenly withing 2 degrees of each other. the k type hooked up to the 2352 was all over, and the offset (Pb variable on the controller) was different depending on the temperature i was measuring. it is not a consistent offset through the teperature range i a measuring. Is this typical for k type thermalcouples? or did i somehow mess mine up?

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I am looking at using this controller to build a HLT also. Which length of probe are you using? I was thinking of using the 4" but am worried it will be in the way and get damaged.

Do you need a way to circulate the water to evenly distribute heat throughout the volume of water?

hrafnkell

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Did you cut the probe cable and add some sort of plug?

Junkster

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With my limited experience with thermocouples, I've found that one of the wires (I forget the alloy) can get brittle & break rather easily with flexing. This intermittent open will cause very erratic readings so it's something to double check. Also check whichever options need to be selected in the controller setup & polarity.

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If the PID itself is getting hot (or cold), or if hot air is blowing over the back of it, your readings might get skewed. There is a small diode just inside the vents (you might be able to see it) that is the cold junction. It needs to be at the same temperature as the thermocouple connector.

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Bf I am running the same controller and doing a setup similar to Kal's. I am running K - type thermocouples as well and have had similar troubles. I might switch over to a single rtd to test the differences out.

hrafnkell

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Cutting thermocouple wires up (possibly to add connectors or lengthen the wires) will introduce error that can vary throughout the temperature range. Rtds are another thing altogether and the wire can be cut up almost as you please.

Bottom line: dont mess with tc wires :-)

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ok that makes sense somewhat. I bought a Special through bulkhead plug for my thermal couple. I cut the wre added the plug and female end. Also i am using the 4 in probe. i had a 2 inch but it was to short, my temp proble is mounted through a t fitting and into the HLT. I recently added a pump to my system and it mixes the hlt thoughroghly. My control mox is sealled, looks like i need a fan or something.

the small pot is the HLT, you can kinda see the thermalcouple where the sight gauge is and on my control box is my thermal couple plug

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I am using a 2" K type braided with the 2352. I cut the connectors off and put a male/female panel plug on it. From the PID to the connector is copper stranded 14 gauge i think. I have consistent and accurate temp measurements in my RIMS system throughout the temp range. 60-215

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i am starting to think maybe it is my control box or something. my control box isn't cooled and it is sealed, hmm maybe its time for a rebuild. Do you think it could be related the box being sealed and heating up inside?