Abd wrote: "You are, however, assuming that Galantini could tell that the chimney had no liquid water in it at the level of the thermometer, because he withdrew the probe and "observed that it was dry." [deleted sentence] "Has it occurred to you that steam doesn't come out of the thermometer port when the thermometer is removed? Do you realize what this is telling us about the internal details there? This port must be designed to seal, I'm suspecting. It will "wipe off" the thermometer when it is removed. Even if it did not do this, the thermometer is above boiling, and is designed not to hold water, I suspect, the water will not remain on it, it will be at most a very thin film and it will immediately vaporize when removed, before the hot thermometer can cool."
That might be valid reasoning IF that is the sensor that Galantini was referring to, HOWEVER, I doubt it was... 1) In Galantini's report, it is clear that he was looking at several different sensors. 2) I seriously doubt that the RH sensor would physically fit in the opening where the outlet temperature sensor is located. 3) Thus, you are very likely mistaken when you state that he is removing the temperature sensor to determine if it is dry. However, he would NEED to check for condensation on the RH sensor, as I did when testing my RH sensor at home... This also verifies that the water level in the chimney has not risen. CAN ANYONE CONFIRM THE FOLLOWING: Did Galantini remove the outlet hose in order to make the RH measurements? (from which he gets the g/m^3 measurement for mass of evaporated water). If not, then where did he insert the RH probe? -Mark
