RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
The temperature in the shop has dropped into the 40's so I can begin my annual bullet casting sessions. While working with the new RCBS pot, I was having trouble with fill out, so started dialing up the temperature. Today the pot was set for 750 and is showing 752. My fifteen year old calibrated PID "magic box" from my deceased master electrician friend shows 728 after an hour's heat soak.
The RCBS is set for 750 is reading 752. The grey PID is reading 728 with the probe on the bottom of the crucible and a third the way in from the side. After everything was cooled off, I removed the crucible and it appears to me that the temperature measureing device is on the off side of the fan/control (left in picture) and directly above the heating coil.
If you want to know the temperature of the alloy in the middle of the pot, maybe a old fashion thermometer is not such a bad idea?
Ric
The RCBS is set for 750 is reading 752. The grey PID is reading 728 with the probe on the bottom of the crucible and a third the way in from the side. After everything was cooled off, I removed the crucible and it appears to me that the temperature measureing device is on the off side of the fan/control (left in picture) and directly above the heating coil.
If you want to know the temperature of the alloy in the middle of the pot, maybe a old fashion thermometer is not such a bad idea?
Ric