Beginner SPD questions/first run.

[Fullmeltalchemist]

I haven’t reread through it all but this may be the thread about installing the thermocouple.

Cheap mantle thermo-probe fix?

@midsfactory: Continuing the discussion from How much is left in your boiling flask?: ouch. as a one off, replacing that probe that came with it with one that sat between the flask and the mantle might be more work than it’s worth. as a community project, where dozens of these things could be re-hab’ed it might be worthwhile. my guess is they’re using a k-type thermocouple (but that is just a guess). You probably don’t have a half dozen PID controllers lying around like I do, so hooking th…