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On November 15 we had to discontinue all rebate coupons. Reason for this is that in the last few months the shipping costs for incoming goods significantly increased. We also see increased prices at the factories that make our raw components. In addition we see a spike in orders. If there is a new 60% or 100% tariff on goods from China in 2025, which originates a lot of the thermocouple raw materials, this will lead to significantly higher prices for all our thermocouples and connectors. In anti …

There is the claim that contaminating the tip of a thermocouple with other metals will lead to a wrong reading. It is for example claimed that solder touching the tip will not allow you to read an accurate solder iron temperature. This is not the case, other metals at the thermocouple tip do not impact the measurement. The reason for this is that the Seebeck effect is an electrical potential that is occurring along a temperature gradient in a wire. That means between a hot end and a cold en …

When soldering electronics the temperature of the solder iron tip is very important. It is also not easy to measure with a K-type thermocouple, since the K-type wires do not wet out with liquid solder, but rejects it and does not make a good contact with the liquid metal. The standard to measure the tips of solder irons is the Hakko FG-100B tester. But it has s pretty large thermal mass and 3 wires that lead off the heat from the tip. In my eyes not ideal.For a long time I wanted to make a simpl …

A few months ago we decided to transfer a range of our J-type products to a new partner, Northern Lights Manufacturing. The will specialize on Type J products and give a much wider product range. Check them out here:https://www.northernlightsmanufacturing.com/

Satellites operate in the vacuum and cold of space, therefore they have to undergo extensive testing here on earth. A few months ago we received a large order for a range of Teflon PFA insulated T-type thermocouples from researchers and manufacturing engineers working on satellites for a large constellation. T-type thermocouples are especially suitable for measuring cold temperatures and are frequently used in cryogenics. And the PFA plastic insulation is very stable at cold temperatures, though …