Re: Temperature logger

[Stuart Grimshaw <stuart@xxxxxxx>]

Yeah, it should do, as long as you have the sensor touching the copper, I
beleive that was the recommendation ...

On Monday 17 December 2001 21:21 pm, Brian G. Reynolds wrote:
> Will this still read the temp okay inside a copper tube?
>
> The one I have in the Meerkat nest box was slid down inside a
protective
> wire cage "tube" but the little gits have gradually torn the
wire to bits
> from the base up towards the top of the cage!
>
> It wont be much longer before the sensor is touching the heating
element!
>
> Good to see how long it takes them to eat through a copper tube!
>
> B.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stuart Grimshaw [mailto:stuart@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 17 December 2001 08:39
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Temperature logger
>
> On Sunday 16 December 2001 20:50 pm, Paul Gordon wrote:
> > Also, I want to put one of the DS1820's outside the house
somewhere to
> > get the outside temperature, anyone got any recommendations on
where best
> > to site it (i.e. sun or shade, sheltered or exposed, enclosed or
open,
> > etc.) and how best to protect the little beastie from the
elements...
>
> The best suggestion I've seen is to mount the 1820 inside a short
length of
> copper tude, then bung the ends up with silicone. The copper provides
> excellent heat transfer and the silicone prevents your 1820 becominf
> corroded.

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