Re: T/C Mounting on EM

[Robert Houk - SMCC Bos Desktop Hardware <rdh@UrQ.East.Sun.COM>]

   I finnaly got my six channel digital temperature monitoring
   system installed in the Ur-Q.  Even got five of six working.
   It uses K type T/C's and I adapted an IOmega 115 Vac by
   hacking into the power stage and used a negative rail
   generator, so it runs off 12 vdc.  It has a good quality 
   switch so I get +/1 1 degree accuracey for all six channels.
   It is expandable to 24 channels.  You should see the heat
   come out of the turbo on an onramp, over 150C before the IC!
   Typically you run 10-20C drop through the IC, but at peak
   you can get a 50-60C drop.  This tends to fade as the IC
   starts to warm up.  I think I saw 80-90C out of the IC at one
   point.

Ah, toys for boys . . .

   Theres the info, here comes the question.
   How to mount the T/C to the EM.  I built two ceramic bead 
   and woven glass insulated TC leads.  Can I use HT red RTV
   to stick them on?  And where to put them before and after
   the turbo?  How about SS hose clamps for mounting, or would there
   be too much strain generated on the EM?  Thanks in advance.

Mounting "on" the exhaust manifold is probably not terribly
interesting, since it's not all that accurate a representation
of the actual gas temps (except maybe longterm steady-state
on a dyno). How about stainless steel "hose clamps" to hold
the TC bead to the manifold? Easy on, easy off . . .

					-RDH