HI - I have some K-type (chromel-alumel) thermocouples, in the picture below. The theory tells me about the junction of the two different types of metal, and shows the two different types of material running back to, say, a voltmeter or an amplifier / AtoD converter.
In this picture, are the chromel-alumel wires running all the way inside the shielding braid, or is the whole sensor in the inch or so at the end, and everything else is ordinary copper leads. Or put another way, if I cut this thing to only be a few inches long, would I be cutting through the chromel-alumel, or could I shorten the leads without changing the probe?
Thanks for any insight. Peter
In this picture, are the chromel-alumel wires running all the way inside the shielding braid, or is the whole sensor in the inch or so at the end, and everything else is ordinary copper leads. Or put another way, if I cut this thing to only be a few inches long, would I be cutting through the chromel-alumel, or could I shorten the leads without changing the probe?
Thanks for any insight. Peter