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Subject:Re: external temperature gauge
From:Mike S
Date:Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:23:16 -0500
At 12:12 AM 2/26/2010, Tom Hargrave wrote...
>Correction - 100' would be 3 - 5 ohms, still a non-issue with a 100K
>thermistor or 1K RTD.

It would significantly effect an RTD. A Pt1000/.384, would change at
least 2.3F. Since the inherent inaccuracy of the lowest spec RTD (Class
B) is about the same, you'd have a thermometer only accurate to ~5F.

The more common Pt100 would be off over 20F!