Thermoprobe/thermocouple sourcing help

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Guerilla Distillah
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Thermoprobe/thermocouple sourcing help

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Hey everybody, I have built a duel PID control box to operate my brewery. The PID controller's that I bought came with thermal couples but they have metric threads on the probe end. I cannot find it on eBay or Amazon, a replacement probe with standard NPT connecting probe. At least not one any more local than China which will take a month to receive. Anybody out there have any suggestions? Just your basic universal K type probe with the U-shaped connectors for the back of your PID controller.

Thanks for your help

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Re: Thermoprobe/thermocouple sourcing help

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Guerilla Distillah wrote: The PID controller's that I bought came with thermal couples but they have metric threads on the probe end.
Can you use a tap to change the NPT hole to metric threads :?:
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"DAMMIT JIM... i'm a booze hound, not a machinist !!!"


I lazed out and just bought the ones from China

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15 bucks you could have gotten a weldless probe compression bulkhead. Drill a 1/2" hole and insert your bulkhead and insert your probe. Easy and cheap. Good quality and not from China!
Brewhardware.com under the bulkhead tab.
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