where to put probe?

Ah yes that's where I saw it....I have been looking since I posted that and I couldn't remember for the life of me where I saw it and the actual reason behind why it "shouldn't" be used. I still have been using it...might switch to something else in the near future though.

Excellent! I will now switch my tape.

Thanks for the education. Glad I read this thread :)

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

I'm sorry I read the thread title and had this flash of two Aliens stand over a naked man.. One says to the other one "Yea but where do you put the probe?"

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:O :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :bow:

Just replaced the tape with Electrical tape. Feel better now :D

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Originally Posted by knox

That's interesting.

My question - and I am not an electrical engineer - is that if the probe is taped to the Flex, and the aluminum tape is conducting heat from the tape around the probe, and there is at least the slightest bit of heat lost to the air via the conduction through the tape, how would there be false high readings? Is it because the probe is surrounded by heat, whereas the surface of the flex is losing heat more quickly to the air?

I take my temps from the tub itself, though. The probe on the flexx is just to get the temps where they need to be. So if I get a false high reading of 92 on the flexwatt itself, but the hot spot inside my tubs are 85 - it doesn't really matter.

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i also put my probe on the inside of my tubs. i didnt completely understand why it had to be directly on the heat tape. mines been working perfectly since iv set it up :D