Will Polder probe work in Maverick?

I doubt it. The probes are not always interchangable. I have a number of different remote therms and gotten the probes mixed up in the past. The result was wierd readouts.

I would suggest sticking with the probes sold by the therm manufacturer.

John

RichH,

How did it die ?? The biggest problem with ALL probes is getting moisture in the cable between the probe and where the cable meet. Have you tried boiling that end, NOT the end that plugs into the read out part, in water and sealing it up with a piece of heat shrink tubing. Worth a try..

Mark

I think you'd want to boil in oil, not water, to force the moisture out.

CT, I'll agree. Boiling it in hot oil and shake it so the oil gets down inside and forces the water (or the water inside the probe boils out) and the oil will conduct heat.

Then cook and seal.

The problem with the oil is that it will get into the mesh that wraps the wire in the probe and then will the heat shrink tubing stick to the oily wire?

These probes have thermocouples on the end that measure the change in resistance (I think) as the temperature changes. The probes all look alike in my unscientific research, but the boxes with the meters are sometimes the same, sometimes different and independent of whatever label they may have. I would guess that if your meter box looks the same as the replacement, it might work OK.

Some of these say they are guaranteed for life, which means if you pay the $15 to cover shipping and handling, and you spend $5 to ship it back, they will send you a new one that cost them total maybe $5. Just like ink jet printers and the ink.

What this world needs is a good external reading thermometer. That will not die just as you need it, and you can buy reasonable priced replacement probes, maybe even by the dozen.

Maybe CS could do the research and private label their own. Something is the range of $20 to $40 seems appropriate considering how important they are to good Q, and like $5 each for the probes unless you buy them by the dozen.

Buy a Taylor.....Work like all the others and Taylor sells replacement probes for $5.00 shipped. They work for me.

Funny you should say that Don. I just picked up two Taylor therms yesterday from Sears(Kmart). They were priced at $17.99 on the shelf but they rang up as $11.49 at the register.

The interesting thing is that when I took them out of their packaging, the probe wires were encased in a rubber type tube the whole length. I checked to make sure it had the temp range and they were good for 32 to 392*. If this works, there should not be a problem with sticking the whole probe in water for cleaning since it is all encased now.

I still wouldn't put the whole thing in water. The replacement probes I ordered from taylor had the rubber on them also. I have done the boil in oil thing and it works.

Rich, the answer to your question is NO! The Polder and Maverick probes are NOT interchangeable. They're okay on the electrical connection end it's the temperature sensor itself that differs.

I put a Polder probe in a Maverick receiver, dunked it in boiling water and the reading was off by about 25 degrees. I put a Maverick probe in a Polder receiver. Same result. Put both probes back in their proper unit and they were both spot on.

BTW, I've interchanged Polder, Pyrex and Taylor probes and they are totally interchangeable.

Hope this answers your question.

My Bad ..

Thanks all, I will try the oil fix and if that dont work all buy a maverick probe.