First All Grain Brew

[BrewerBen]

I have the exact same thermomiter if you very carefully take the top of the probe off where the wires go in and remove the sensor from the probe you will more than likley notice some water in the wires that go down to the sensor itself , Suck or blow the water out of the wires and leave on the side for a day also carefully heat the probe itself up as that will have water in it. What happens is steam condenses on the wires and then goes down them into the inside of the probe due the the big hole at the top of the probe where the wires go into the probe itself.

I had the same problem a short while ago and decided to investigate, The guage is now working as it should after I did the above. Also used it this weekend for a brew I did.

Ive just took it apart and was indeed very wet inside, its now sitting in the airing cupboard to dry. I did end up buying a spirit thermomiter to replace it whicj worked ok but did get lost in the mash a couple of times.

[Damfoose]

Yep I have a spirit one as well and to stop loosing it I have tied some string to the loop at the top mwhich means i can leave it in the boil dangeling and keep an eye on the boil temp.