Bring the probe with you and you want the oring that fits over the probe snugly.
I think you'd need to first insert the ends into a piece of copper tubing and seal an end off first.
but why? if I just insert this sensor into a silicon tubing that is sealed in both ends, I don't see a reason for copper tubing...
maybe I'm just ignorant, so please elaborate!
copper will conduct the heat the silicone tubing will insulate the probe.
cmon, but silicone would have insulate the probe in the first post of this thread!
this guy just inserted the probe inside the silicone tubing....
You could avoid all the DIY stuff all together and just get a waterproof K Sensor... http://www.thermoworks.com/products/probe/tc_wire.html About 5 or 6 probes down.
My web host is down right now otherwise the pics would be in the first post. Actually, it's not too uncommon for a 5 year old post to have broken image links.
I used a bic ballpoint pen and started from the ballpoint side and rolled 4 #60 o-rings until they were in the middle of the pen, then took the cap and and ink tube out, leaving only the outside tube. I then slid the silicone tubing into the pen tubing and rolled the o-rings off onto the silicone tubing. Now getting the o-ring on the inside part was a ***** lol. I'll see if it works tomorrow as I am doing my first BIAB. I thought of using the Zip ties but chose not to, did that go ok?
Why not just clamp the tubing on?
Tried it out this weekend with my session IPA and worked like a charm. No water got past the Orings. Was much nicer to sit back from the couch and watch the temp go up than hover over my pots with a temp fork dipping it in every few minutes.
Also, I like your idea of using o-rings to seal the tubing. I used high temp 1/8" silicone tubing, and it fit so tight that I didn' t need it, but for slightly larger tubing that is a very clever little solution. Thanks for writing it up and posting the pics.
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