Inline water temp sensor.
 

So I'm getting a DD5 and I want to hook up one of the sensors inline to monitor water temp. Can't decide if I should put the sensor inline (i know this will restrict flow a bit) or put it in my res (underground elec. box from the depot.) I'm a little leery about putting it in the res (jb weld failed me once.) What should I cote the sensor with to protect it from the water. I know people use silicone, but I've also had silicone deteriorate in water. Post your thoughts please.....;P

dip the probe in GOOP, seal your res with GOOP.
you wont have any problems
GOOP owns everything

Does goop get hard? Does it ever leak? I've never used it before. Can you paint over it?

paint over it? ummm i dunno.. Goop is alot like rubbercement.. but VERY strong... i made a res with only GOOP and plexy.. it held together fine.. GOOP doesnt get real hard... it gets more like uhh... hard shoe rubber =)

http://geocities.com/xdigitalchaosx/

go there and scroll down to the bottom.. there will be a series of pics 5 rows up... you can see the res i made sitting ontop of the case... that thing ran for months before i got rid of the case.

i also used goop to seal the brass fittings on that rio.. and i do the same for the heatercores that i mod...

hell.. i even used goop to fill the pits in my Athlon Xp..

the best part about this stuff... is that you can actually peel it off (with alot of force) and thats why i used it on my XP =)


go buy a tube of it.. i guarantee you will love it

i have a closed loop system with a t-line...so i just droped my compunurse probe right down in my t-line

i did that with my DigitalDoc... temps started getting screwy.. which lead me to believe that the water was messin with the reading... after waterproofing them... i havent had a problem

Plumpbers goop works well like stated above. I use it for everything even for ataching my heatsink to my northbridge. Just put as III in the middle and put a little dab of goop on the four corners, press down till seated well and let it sit untill it hardens.

here are some pics of my inline sensor:

http://community.webshots.com/photo/...37106803ToCDBI

http://community.webshots.com/photo/...37106822fvycDK

http://community.webshots.com/photo/...37106817IDqdhM

Cool thanks for all the input. Time to get me some GOOP :p

Try to find Marine Goop, or at least Plumbers Goop. Standard goop isn't half as good. :) I got mine in the hardware store on the aisle with the caulking, it was like $5..

I use the plumbers kind. What is the difference between it and marine?

is the goop going to affect the ability of the sensor to read temps correctly?

Just keep it thin and it'll be all right.

Marine goop is stronger. :) Just like normal goop (sometimes called Household Goop) is weaker. :)