[Stoves] radiant heat capture, total heat measurement

[Alex English]

Paul,
If your thermocouple is small enough you might try mounting it suspended 
inside a short piece of tubing. Copper or thin steel would equalize 
quickly.  You could even crimp the open ends a bit. The idea is to allow 
some through flow of hot gases while reducing the radiant losses and 
gains to and from the surrounding sphere of influence. It would give a 
second set of numbers for people to comment on.

Alex
>
> Yesterday I bought a thermocouple that can measure up to 1,000 C.
> This morning I will use it to measure temperature with and without the 
> dome.
> Both measurements will be taken at the same height above the burner 
> (the height of the pot).
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Paul
>