Issue with Mastrad digital thermometer’s probe
by jean-francois on May.25, 2009, under Equipments & Accessories
While checking if a gas or a halogen stove could be used for sous vide cooking at low and constant temperature we used the Mastrad digital thermometer. I didn’t purchase Mastrad external probe to determine the core temperature of a product but to verify the temperature of the water contained in the pan only. For this specific purpose Mastrad probe was perfect except that I learned to one’s cost that Mastrad’s probe is not waterproof! I didn’t know that you should not immerge the probe above a specific point indicated on the picture below.
Then my thermometer became crazy and indicated a temperature 30°C higher than real. This dysfunction remained until I put the probe (including the metal cable) to soak in demineralized water for 30 minutes and dried the probe in the oven. Mastrad probe works perfectly again.
Jean-François
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January 5th, 2017 on 12:55 PM
Does anyone know which type of probe is used my Mastrad (same model as above picture) ?
K, J, PT 100, PTC, NTC…