Accurite thermometer "Hack".

[Jake95]

Hey guys, figured id do a little write up here, I see everyone seems to use these Accurite thermometers, so I picked a few up myself, however I don't like having to drill a large hole for the probe head, and having to fill in the large hole around the tiny probe wire to avoid escapes from small snakes, crickets, ect, here is a simple way to avoid that.

First off, you want to start by removing the back section of the case, this simply involves removing the 4 screws, 2 are located in the top corners, while the other 2 can be accessed by removing the battery cover, and removing the "AA" battery.



Once you remove the screws, you need to separate the back half like so,


The 2 black wires are the probe wire, you need to un-solder those 2 contacts, *BE SURE TO REMEMBER WHICH WIRE GOES TO WHICH CONTACT*


Un-soldered,



Now, you drill a small hole in your enclosure, route your probe wire through, then re-solder your probe wire back to the 2 contacts,


Re-soldered,




That's it! The entire process takes no more than 5 minutes. The longest part is waiting for the soldering iron to heat up! Yes, the thermometer is now attached to the enclosure, you will need to un-solder the probe wire if you wish to take it out of the tank. But the probe wire is extremely long, and I don't think many people will be moving their tanks around, so I don't see it being a big issue. Hopes this helps someone out!

Good as new!

[wolfy-hound]

To help keep the two wires straight, mark one wire and that side(the spot it would be attached to) with a dot of nail polish or whiteout. Either will last plenty long enough to move the wires about(the whiteout may rub off easier).

This is a pretty cool process, thank you for posting it!