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Old 01-02-2014, 09:48 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by ButtBurner View Post
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the way the thermocouple work is the 2 wires are a dissimilar metals, usually one is chrome and the other alumel for the K type thermocouple that you have.

This creates a tiny bit of voltage and when the temperature changes, so does this voltage.

this voltage creates the signal that the thermometer reads and coverts it into a temp readout

basicially how it works.

Well, I'll use it from now on, see how it compares to the Maverick!

Thanks for the input.
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