Thermometer for round cooler

[mcsewnab]

Hey all,
Does anyone have a suggestions for a themometer that would work with my 10 gallon round rubbermaid cooler? I would like to drill a hole and mount it right in the side of the cooler. I've seen the weldless ones but wanst sure if they would work on a plastic cooler. I dont want to have any leak problems.

 

[Yuri_Rage]

I hate mine. I did exactly what you mention, but the cooler wall was so thick that I had to modify the weldless fitting to make it work. The thermometer probe hardly extends past the fitting, so as soon as a bit of grain works its way into the fitting, the temperature stops changing. My average mash temp (taken with a digital probe thermometer) could be as much as 30 degrees higher than the reading on the installed thermometer (calibrated accurately at 32 and 206 - the boiling temp of water at my altitude).

I'd suggest getting an instant read digital thermometer with a submersible probe that you can put right in the center of the mash.

 

[Bernie Brewer]

Yeah like this one




http://www.target.com/gp/detail.htm...-9264959?ie=UTF8&frombrowse=1&asin=B0001BFJ54

But be careful not to get the braid wet!