RE: Thermocouple alternative?

2002-01-08 Thread Andrew Wood
: Chris Maxwell [SMTP:chris.maxw...@nettest.com] Sent: 07 January 2002 16:20 To: Crabb, John; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: Thermocouple alternative? Hi John, A possible solution would be to use an infrared non-contact thermometer. They measure temperature essentially

RE: Thermocouple alternative?

2002-01-07 Thread Benoit Nadeau
: Re: Thermocouple alternative? Hi John, A possible solution would be to use an infrared non-contact thermometer. They measure temperature essentially by pointing them at the object of interest. They have a few drawbacks that I know of: 1. You need to have visual access to the part

RE: Thermocouple alternative?

2002-01-07 Thread Benoit Nadeau
12:32 To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: Thermocouple alternative? John, In my company, I often run into this problem and a non-contact or infrared thermometer is not always pratical. Like you, I also had to resort to momentary turn off to get accurate readings. In one instance, I

FW: Thermocouple alternative?

2002-01-07 Thread JENKINS, JEFF
-Original Message- From: Chris Maxwell [mailto:chris.maxw...@nettest.com] Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 9:20 AM To: Crabb, John; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: Thermocouple alternative? John, We use T-type thermocouples which are not as ferrous as J and K types

Re: Thermocouple alternative?

2002-01-07 Thread Doug Powell
John, In my company, I often run into this problem and a non-contact or infrared thermometer is not always pratical. Like you, I also had to resort to momentary turn off to get accurate readings. In one instance, I had magentic fields strong enough to cause damage to the instrument. There

Re: Thermocouple alternative?

2002-01-07 Thread Chris Maxwell
Hi John, A possible solution would be to use an infrared non-contact thermometer. They measure temperature essentially by pointing them at the object of interest. They have a few drawbacks that I know of: 1. You need to have visual access to the part or surface of interest. 2. You need to