On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 1:49 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote:
> > If you have a good reason to believe there is a problem with measuring > temperature by putting a thermocouple on a pipe, please tell us what it is. > There is no problem in measuring temperature on a pipe in general especially if the thermocouple is properly bonded to the pipe and somewhat insulated from the surroundings. There is a big problem if the way the thermocouple is attached and its proximity to the pipe are questionable **and** the thermocouple is in close proximity to the hottest part of the device -- in this case the heat exchanger and the input pipe to it which presumably contains steam.
