Do I have the right Auber probe?

[Megunticook]

I bought an Auber temperature monitor and it came with a 6" probe.

Am currently using an old Condar digital monitor with my Encore 2550 that has a 4" probe.

Noticed the webpage for the Auber probe says "maximum insertion length 3""

The Condar probe measures 3 1/4" from the tip sitting beneath the combustor to the outside of the stove back.

The Auber probe is a smaller diameter than the condar (I think I used a 1/4" drill bit to make the hole through the refractory housing, the Auber probe is 5/32" diameter). This will make a sloppy fit if I install the Auber. Should I wrap it in something? Fill the hole in the refractory and redrill to a smaller diameter?

Also, the Auber probe will protrude a good 3 inches from the stove back. How do you secure it so it doesn't get accidentally knocked, pushed, or pulled? I could easily see it damaging the refractory if it got whacked somehow.

Thanks for any tips. I'm still using the Condar because it works and it's battery powered rather than AC--there's no outlet near my stove, which sits in the middle of the house. Will have to get creative on how to power the Auber without a wire running across the floor.

 

[EbS-P]

That’s the probe I use. I don’t insert it all the way. I don’t secure it. It hasn’t fallen out yet. It would not be a big deal if it did. I suppose you could make a little clip with a tab the could be drilled and screwed to the pipe. Once you mount the display the probe is unlikely to be pulled out (only for sweeping the pipe) wire management is a bigger deal that securing the probe IMO.

 

[Megunticook]

Thanks, I suppose I could wrap the probe in aluminum tape or something right where it enters the stove so it couldn't accidentally get pushed further in. Still makes me nervous having a big long piece of metal protruding from the back of the stove unsecured.

 

[EbS-P]

Thanks, I suppose I could wrap the probe in aluminum tape or something right where it enters the stove so it couldn't accidentally get pushed further in. Still makes me nervous having a big long piece of metal protruding from the back of the stove unsecured.

Nothing will happen if it falls out. It’s a really small hole. Don’t grab a hot probe. that’s the biggest danger.