Identifying a thermocouple
Next up in the riveting Thermocouple series is how to identify an unknown thermocouple as a Type K. There are loads of videos on Youtube on this, but I didn't find them completely conclusive. Many of…
March 2021
The Perils of cheap Ebay stuff, or, why doesn't my MAX31855 thermocouple board work?
I've been playing around with Type K thermocouples for a project. These are cheap, commonly available, and can read a temperature range from –270C to 1260C (though it depends on the exact thermocouple…
What's eating my Cotyledon Orbiculata?
It's not been looking well for a while, poor thing..... Then I spotted the underside of the leaves were covered in little black things.... to the microscope! - - Aphids! Bastards! Well, getting rid of…