"Ron Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Brian wrote: > > Also why use such non (heat) conductors - tiles and wood - great for hot > spots! I would have thought that a nice *single* thin piece of steel (or > copper or aluminium) shaped and placed over the wood and *then* tile over > the metal would be better. Any single hot tile then heats up the metal > back which evens out the heat over its entire surface, and the wood does > not get to any dangerous temperatures. > Another thought would be to add some simple K thermocouples embedded in > the tile cement (a K thermocouple is just a very thin pair of special > wires welded together at the end - takes no room, would be easy to embed) > and hiding the open end somewhere close by - then an appropiate meter > could be used check the temperature behind the tiles.
Maybe someone should do some experementing > > > >
