pdp1@EARTHLINK.NET on tue 24 apr 12
Was the Pyrometer made in china?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda Stauffer"
I was using my Fluke pyrometers this weekend to measure the temp in the woo=
d
kiln. It stopped working and I assumed the battery died. I replaced the 9v
battery and it still doesn't work! It turns on then I get nothing but a lin=
e
of dashes where the temp should be. The thermocouple appears to be ok. It
did get a little damp this weekend. Anyone have any idea how to check it
out? Does anyone repair these things? Also tried a new analog pyrometer I
bought on eBay. Would not go over 1200F. Don't really want to buy another
one!
Sent from my iPhone=3D
Linda Stauffer on tue 24 apr 12
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kiln. It stopped working and I assumed the battery died. I replaced the 9v=
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attery and it still doesn't work! It turns on then I get nothing but a line=
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f dashes where the temp should be. The thermocouple appears to be ok. It di=
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get a little damp this weekend. Anyone have any idea how to check it out? =
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oes anyone repair these things? Also tried a new analog pyrometer I bought=
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n eBay. Would not go over 1200F. Don't really want to buy another one!
Sent from my iPhone=3D
jonathan byler on wed 25 apr 12
maybe you plugged the thermocouple in backwards? on some cheapo
models that can happen, though I wouldn't think so with a fluke. more
likely the thermocouple inside the kiln has corroded and no longer has
a sound joint. try replacing that.
On Apr 24, 2012, at 8:21 PM, Linda Stauffer wrote:
> I was using my Fluke pyrometers this weekend to measure the temp in
> the wood kiln. It stopped working and I assumed the battery died. I
> replaced the 9v battery and it still doesn't work! It turns on then
> I get nothing but a line of dashes where the temp should be. The
> thermocouple appears to be ok. It did get a little damp this
> weekend. Anyone have any idea how to check it out? Does anyone
> repair these things? Also tried a new analog pyrometer I bought on
> eBay. Would not go over 1200F. Don't really want to buy another one!
> Sent from my iPhone
Pete Horridge on wed 25 apr 12
Hello Linda,
Are you able to measure the resistance of the thermocouple? What does it
read with the thermocouple removed?
Regards
Pete
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Sent: 25 April 2012 03:33
To: Clayart@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Re: Fluke pyrometer
Was the Pyrometer made in china?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda Stauffer"
I was using my Fluke pyrometers this weekend to measure the temp in the woo=
d
kiln. It stopped working and I assumed the battery died. I replaced the 9v
battery and it still doesn't work! It turns on then I get nothing but a lin=
e
of dashes where the temp should be. The thermocouple appears to be ok. It
did get a little damp this weekend. Anyone have any idea how to check it
out? Does anyone repair these things? Also tried a new analog pyrometer I
bought on eBay. Would not go over 1200F. Don't really want to buy another
one!
Sent from my iPhone=3D
Steve Mills on wed 25 apr 12
I get that display when there is a bad connection or a short-out. This is w=
i=3D
th an Omega 506 multi-type, not a Fluke.=3D20
Steve M
Steve Mills
Bath
UK
www.mudslinger.me.uk
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On 25 Apr 2012, at 02:21, Linda Stauffer wrote:
> I was using my Fluke pyrometers this weekend to measure the temp in the w=
o=3D
od kiln. It stopped working and I assumed the battery died. I replaced the =
9=3D
v battery and it still doesn't work! It turns on then I get nothing but a l=
i=3D
ne of dashes where the temp should be. The thermocouple appears to be ok. I=
t=3D
did get a little damp this weekend. Anyone have any idea how to check it o=
u=3D
t? Does anyone repair these things? Also tried a new analog pyrometer I bo=
u=3D
ght on eBay. Would not go over 1200F. Don't really want to buy another one=
!=3D
> Sent from my iPhone
Taylor Hendrix on wed 25 apr 12
Linda,
Have you checked to see if you have a short near the molded plug end? I was
seeing my FLUKE pyrometer cutt out during my last saggar firings. The
failure was intermittent, so I wiggled the extension wire and found that
the right bend near the plug would put the probe back in service. I ordered
a replacement straight away. I guess I can catch the thermocouple wire with
my foot as I'm unloading a kiln just a few times before it starts to give
me trouble.
My FLUKE has two probe inputs, so if yours is the same be sure you have
selected the correct input as well.
Hope you have things working soon.
Taylor, in Rockport TX
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On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 8:21 PM, Linda Stauffer wr=
ote:
> I was using my Fluke pyrometers this weekend to measure the temp in the
> wood kiln. It stopped working and I assumed the battery died. I replaced
> the 9v battery and it still doesn't work! It turns on then I get nothing
> but a line of dashes where the temp should be. The thermocouple appears t=
o
> be ok. It did get a little damp this weekend. Anyone have any idea how to
> check it out? Does anyone repair these things? Also tried a new analog
> pyrometer I bought on eBay. Would not go over 1200F. Don't really want t=
o
> buy another one!
> Sent from my iPhone
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