Hi
I am building my first oven and have a problem with the thermocouple I bought. This is a small probe with a threaded part to hold it in place. I though it was to be screwed into a hole for the tip to contcact a surface for heat transfer. Well the threads are not metric or english (close to 1/4 X 20)
Well I broke the threaded part (cheap brass bad fit). I have another on the way but need to understand how I should mount it. From other posts it seem the probe may be mounted to a bracket in the oven and floating in the threaded part.
Is this true?
The thermocouple is a type "K" came with the PID and SSR I’m sure other have the same setup and it has worked great for them. need to know the threaded size if posible?

Have fun
Tom