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Title: What type of sensors needed inside kiln?
Post by: flip on December 14, 2005, 01:15:26 PM

I have a inside/outside temp. meter to monitor my kiln temp but I also need some type of remote RH meter or wet/dry bulb. Any suggestions or ideas?

Flip

Title: Re: What type of sensors needed inside kiln?
Post by: Modat22 on December 14, 2005, 01:57:25 PM

we use an extech heavy duty temp / rh meter at work. Cost about 125 bucks goes from 10 percent to 95 percent.

You could also cobble one together by buying a sensor from digikey and doing a little soldering.

Here's an example http://rocky.digikey.com/WebLib/Humirel/HM1500.pdf

Title: Re: What type of sensors needed inside kiln?
Post by: flip on December 14, 2005, 02:38:13 PM

Yikes! Too complex for me. Thanks for the link-I asked them for a quote.

Flip

Title: Re: What type of sensors needed inside kiln?
Post by: Modat22 on December 14, 2005, 02:57:29 PM

extech is a nice meter pretty tough as well, ours gets abused quite often, dropped, chewed on etc.

Still working fine.

Title: Re: What type of sensors needed inside kiln?
Post by: Jason_WI on December 14, 2005, 04:35:57 PM

Flip,

I assume by remote you mean a sensor on a long cable with a display on the outside of the kiln.

Here is a link to the meter I built:

https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?topic=13766.0

Jason

Title: Re: What type of sensors needed inside kiln?
Post by: flip on December 15, 2005, 09:47:29 AM

Yep. Just exactly what you made. Interested in building one?

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