Barbeque weather on the horizon? Or getting that wood burning stove ready? This is for you.
See the video at https://www.youtube.com/ralphbacon video #137
(Direct link to video: https://youtu.be/dRGX_8P_98w)
A K-Type Thermocouple Display for just a few dollars? Accurate and easy to use.
Wandering through the technical, Far Eastern web sites I stumbled across this delightful, high-temperature display, complete with K-Type Thermocouple. This can read temperatures into the high hundreds of degrees Centigrade and would be great for barbecues, clay ovens, pizza ovens, wood-burning stove chimneys and the like.
It's simplicity itself to connect up to a 12v PSU (I found it worked well at 9v too, and even a bit lower before it all became a bit unstable).
The M6 threaded sensor can be bolted to the metal case of a BBQ, for example, or the metal flue of a wood-burning stove by using a RivNut - a device that turns into a captive nut once tightened. See the video link below to see exactly how to install it using a tool, but you can install it without that too, just not so quickly.
You even get a burger cooking tip, a quiz question and more!
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Where I bought it from, with a cable:
https://www.banggood.com/Red-LED-DC12V-Digital-Thermocouple-Thermometer-Temperature-meter-0999C-with-Probe-p-1031834.html?p=FQ040729393382015118&utm_campaign=25129675&utm_content=3897
Thermocouple socket/plug set:
https://www.banggood.com/Panel-Mount-K-type-Thermocouple-Miniature-Socket-Plug-Connector-p-1191865.html?p=FQ040729393382015118&utm_campaign=25129675&utm_content=3897
How to insert a RivNut (Captive Rivet Nut) using a special tool:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j637MlgO9os
Explanation of the types of thermocouples, J, S, P... the list goes on!
https://www.thermocoupleinfo.com
Wikipedia article on cage nuts:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cage_nut
Acrylic Lighting Gel for good LED contrast and readability:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/106-PRIMARY-RED-LIGHTING-FILTER-GEL-THEATRE-DJ-CLUB-LED-DISCO-24cm-X-24cm-PAR-64/161459286549
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