Hi OzAaron, Yeah I'll source some insulated heat resistant wire (since the black OEM wire is brittle) and solder onto the OEM probe. I'm planning to remove most of the existing wire from the probe (but not all the way to the little circuit board as I'm afraid of frying the thermistor when I desolder on the pcb board itself.
Then I'll either cover the entire sensor with epoxy (Option 1) (not sure if it will jeopardize the heat transfer), or only partly cover the thermistor with epoxy (Option 2). Something like attached pictures. Tell me what you think. Lastly I'll stick all of this into the copper tube which will be partly filled with non drying thermal paste, and to keep the probe in place, I'll finish it off with some RTV silicone. On Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at 11:45:05 AM UTC+2, OzAaron wrote: > > Also; you want to make sure those bare wires don't touch. Can you > re-solder the wire a bit further down so there isn't any bare wire? > > On Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at 7:43:34 PM UTC+10, OzAaron wrote: >> >> Hi Reinard, >> >> Just re-read your post and had to add (to avoid confusion); I dipped my >> probe in epoxy to stop any electrical shorting to the thermowell (not to >> hold it in the thermowell). Once set, I used a non-setting thermal compound >> and RTV silicone. I provided RS code for the sensor itself not the epoxy. >> >> Hope that clears up any issues. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/brewtus/29d99b22-3f5d-4480-9590-422d6f54fb7do%40googlegroups.com.
