All,
Could you please recommend a K type thermocouple?
My Story of Woe.
I've had a JDL612 PID for several years and it has performed very well, in other applications. I purchased an 800 C, type K TC on amazon, one of the generic ones. Connecting the TC to the PID just to measure the temp of the lead via the PID. Everything was working with low temps. The PID displayed proper values and was very stable. Once my lead was melted I inserted the TC about 25mm into the pool, all went well but temp was jumping all over the spectrum. I removed the TC and let it cool. I don't know if I got a bad TC to start but the second time I inserted it into the lead I started receiving errors on the PD saying max exceeded. Needless that was the end of that experiment. Now using that TC I get very erratic reading from the PID, even at room temp.
Well I'm not King Midas so the gold pot is not bottomless. Thus my request for input from you-all.
Could you recommend a vendor and model that you-all have had good experience with?
I also gather that you all immerse the TC several mm in the lead as most of the setups I have seen in the posts have static mounting of the TC, or am I incorrect in this assumption?
Thank you and Regards,
Jonkzak