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  1. 03-06-2018, 02:03 AM #1
    giz189
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    PID question

    Do you guys leave the thermocouple to your PID in your lead pot when you are through casting or take it out?
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  2. 03-06-2018, 02:04 AM #2
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    I leave mine in. Does not seem to harm anything.
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  3. 03-06-2018, 02:05 AM #3
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    I usually take mine out.
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  4. 03-06-2018, 02:10 AM #4
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    I've been leaving mine in. Just wondered what everyone else did.
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  5. 03-06-2018, 02:27 AM #5
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    +1 on leaving it in.
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  6. 03-06-2018, 08:13 AM #6
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    I leave mine in. My pot stays on my table but I probably would remove it if I stored my pot away.
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  7. 03-06-2018, 08:32 AM #7
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    I leave mine in but I do unplug the the thermocouple from my PID.



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  8. 03-06-2018, 08:47 AM #8
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    I leave it in. It's bolted to the pot with plumbing straps. I have a plug on the PID end so I can disconnect it.
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  9. 03-06-2018, 09:36 AM #9
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    I see a couple people say they unplug it. Just wondering the reasoning for that?

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  10. 03-06-2018, 09:57 AM #10
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    What Beagle333 said, I have to move my pot from storage and put it in my casting area so the need for the plug.
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  11. 03-06-2018, 10:39 AM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by ranger391xt View Post
    I see a couple people say they unplug it. Just wondering the reasoning for that?

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    I installed a panel mounted female thermocouple connector on my PID and then put a male connector on my thermocouples. So, I’m simply unplugging my thermocouple from my PID.

    I not only use my PID for my melting pot but also for my coating oven and for smelting range scrap so I have several thermocouples.


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  12. 03-06-2018, 11:31 PM #12
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    I leave the TC in the Pot, but more times than not, I drain the alloy after a session ...so while the TC is in the pot, it isn't in frozen alloy.
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  13. 03-07-2018, 12:18 AM #13
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    My TC is attached to a 1/4" all-thread and the all-thread goes through a shelf above where my casting pot sits when casting. With this I can adjust how far I want the TC to be suspended from the shelf above and use the same TC with which ever casting pot I choose. I have a RCBS Pro melt, a Lyman mag 20 and a Lee Magnum Melter and use the TC set up with each so I take it out of the melt before shutting the pots down. Gp
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  14. 03-07-2018, 09:38 AM #14
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    I leave me in also
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BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
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