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[wink]

I bought one of the Ranco digital t-stat's to put on my Shaver 165. I was going to 'rig' a dry port of the probe. I have a peice of 3/8" soft copper that I could sweat a cap on and lower it down in the tank allowing enough to stick out to insert the probe.

Do you guys think this would work. There is about a 1/16" clearance around the probe and the inside of the copper. I think there would not be much in the way of a temp diviation.

Comments welcome.

BTW, I was going to insert the copper tubing down along the side of the 3/4" copper for my HW supply.

Thanks!!

[jimr]

that will work great . let it hang down about where your pump is. make a flange on top so it dosen't drop through. mine goes through the top by my hwc. seal that top plate and all holes where the coil lines come through it and your water evaporation will (should) be near zero.

[Bull]

That should work fine wink

[tree climber]

have a ranco on 165 shaver it reads 160. with heat gun on pex reads 150 below pump and 150 at hx and 150 where factory stat was. have probe in dry well above pump.do you think ranco is off

[RSI]

have a ranco on 165 shaver it reads 160. with heat gun on pex reads 150 below pump and 150 at hx and 150 where factory stat was. have probe in dry well above pump.do you think ranco is off

You will get a lower reading on the pex. The Ranco is probably right.