Timeline for Can anyone identify this thermometer probe?
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| May 9, 2012 at 13:27 | vote | accept | Joe | ||
| May 8, 2012 at 21:17 | comment | added | Theran | I think you'll be better off using the simpler B parameter equation. Since you're finding the calibration coefficients yourself, the fewer you need to find the better, especially since there are only two accurate temperatures that are easy to produce at home (ice bath and boiling water). | |
| May 8, 2012 at 19:14 | comment | added | Joe | The drastic change in resistance due to temperature made me believe this was a thermistor. However, using steinharts equation and plugging in the coefficients I found didn't yield realistic temperatures. | |
| May 8, 2012 at 19:12 | comment | added | Joe | At room temperature the resistance was about 150k Ohms. When the temperature raised the resistance decreased to around 80k Ohms and lower. | |
| May 7, 2012 at 3:20 | answer | added | Theran | timeline score: 4 | |
| May 7, 2012 at 2:51 | comment | added | Theran | What resistance value did you measure between the tip and sleeve of the connector? | |
| May 7, 2012 at 0:23 | answer | added | JRobert | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 7, 2012 at 0:05 | history | edited | Rocketmagnet | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 6, 2012 at 23:49 | history | asked | Joe | CC BY-SA 3.0 |