Alex,<br><br>I took three sets of temperature readings with and without the dome.<br><br> With Without<br>Reading 1 - 500 C 563 C<br>Reading 2 - 473 C 578 C<br>Reading 3 - 470 C 571 C<br><br>
All measurements were taken at the same height above the burner.<br>
With the dome, the probe remained its normal color.<br>
Without the dome, the probe got red hot.<br><br>The burner that I am using is a Belonio burner.<br>In a first step I added a burner housing to the Belonio burner.<br>In a second step I added the dome.<br>I can't imagine that the burner housing alone accounts<br>
for the much better boiling time that I get in comparison to Belonio.<br>I am totally at loss in explaining these temperature readings.<br><br>Paul<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 9:41 AM, Alex English <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:english@kingston.net" target="_blank">english@kingston.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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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.<span><font color="#888888"><br>
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Alex</font></span><div><br>
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Yesterday I bought a thermocouple that can measure up to 1,000 C.<br>
This morning I will use it to measure temperature with and without the dome.<br>
Both measurements will be taken at the same height above the burner (the height of the pot).<br>
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Any suggestions?<br>
<br>
Paul<br>
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