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What is radiation? |
A way thermal energy can be transferred through a vacuum. |
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What is a way thermal energy can be transferred through a vacuum? |
Radiation. |
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What is a process where heat is transferred through a solid? |
Conduction. |
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Are seebeck voltages big or small? |
Real small. |
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What is the seebeck effect? |
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What's a sheath? |
Material that surrounds the sensing element. |
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What's a calorie? |
Metric unit of work for heat energy. |
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What's a thermowell good for? |
Replacing a probe without shutting down a system, and protects the probe. |
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What does a thermowell contain? |
The probe. |
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What's a thermopile? |
A group of thermocouples connected together in series. |
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What's a thermopile sensitive to? |
Small temperature changes. |
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What is BTU? |
British thermal unit. |
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What is the transfer of heat through fluids? |
Convection. |
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What is BTU? Not acronym. |
Standard unit of work for heat energy. |
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What is forced convection? |
Forcing temperatures through fluid from one area to another. With like a fan. |
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What's thermodynamics? |
Thermal movement from hot to cold. |
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What's a pyrometer? |
Detects temperature based in electromagnetic radiation. Non contact. |
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What is absolute zero? |
The absence of heat. Zero Kelvin. |
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What are the units for measuring temperature? |
Fahrenheit, Celsius, and Kelvin. |
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What are the units for measuring heat energy? |
BTU and the Calorie |
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What's the symbol for a normally closed temperature switch? |
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What are the four types of media a thermocouple can be used with? |
Solid, liquid, and gas, and vacuum. |
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What size is a thermocouple? |
Very small. |
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As the diameter of a thermocouple gets smaller, what happens to its temperature rating? |
Goes down. |
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What's used to designate the different types of thermocouples? |
Letters. |
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How to extend the lead wires on a thermocouple? |
Use extension grade wires. |
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When extending the lead wires in thermocouples, why should you use extension grade wires? |
So you're connecting to metal of the same type. |
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On an ANSI J type thermocouple, what color is the negative wire? |
Red. |
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What's an exposed thermocouple junction have? (good and bad) |
Fast response time, most easily damaged. |
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What's an ungrounded thermocouple junction have? (good, good, and bad) |
Protected, electrically isolated, slow response time. |
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What's a grounded thermocouple junction have? (good, good, and bad) |
Medium response time, protected, and susceptible to electrical noise. |
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What does RTD stand for? |
Resistance temperature detectors. |
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What is the actual RTD temperature sensing unit called? |
The element. |
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Which RTD probe lead wire configuration provides the most precise temperature measurement? |
Style three. Four wire. Black Black Red red. |
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What is the most common type of RTD lead wire configuration? |
Style two. Three wire. Black black red. |
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What is a common RTD resistance? |
100 ohms. Pt100. |
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What's a thermocouple? (good, bad) |
Least sensitive, widest range. |
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What are characteristics of the RTD? (good, good, bad) |
Interchangeable, moderately sensitive, but glass type can't handle vibrations. |
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What are characteristics of the thermistor? (good, bad) |
Very sensitive, narrow temperature range. |
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Does a thermistor have a positive or a negative temperature coefficient? |
Negative. |
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When selecting a thermocouple, what are you looking for? |
Temperature, media compatibility, pressure, response time, and junction type. |
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Bigger diameter of probe means what? Except for? |
Longer response time. Exposed. |
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Title these. |
Exposed, grounded, exposed, ungrounded. |
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What are the three types of probes? |
Exposed, grounded, ungrounded. |
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What's the name of the electronic circuit that RTDs and thermistors are put in? |
Wheatstone bridge. |
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What's the color of the IEC thermocouple negative wire lead color? |
White. |
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What are types of visual temperature indicators? |
Thermometer, gas or liquid inside. Bimetallic strip. Crayons. |
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How do you convert fahrenheit to Celsius? |
(F-32)x(5/9) |
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Convert Celsius to fahrenheit? |
F = (Cx(9/5)) + 32 |
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What temperature is the RTD resistance value based on? |
Ice point. 0 degrees Celsius. |
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What is RTD used as in a single phase AC motor? |
A centrifugal switch. Heats up when motor runs, because of this resistance goes up, which eliminates current going to start motor. |
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Does an RTD have a positive or negative temp coefficient? |
Positive. |
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How do you connect a two wire RTD to a three wire temperature controller input connection? |
Like this. Jumper wire. |
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What is a pyrometer? |
Temp gun! Silly |
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What's a pyrometer used for? |
Non contact troubleshooting of electrical and mechanical things. |
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Smaller diameter of probe means what for response them? |
Shorter response time. |
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Probe response time vs shield diameter? |
Smaller sheath diameter, faster response time. Vice versa. |
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Thermocouple probe temperature limit vs sheath diameter? |
Smaller sheath diameter = smaller temperature limit. Vice versa. |
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Thermocouple voltage vs temperature response curve for different types of thermocouples? |
Different types of thermocouples produce different curves with different proportions of temperature and range. |
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What's the electromechanical symbol for a thermocouple? |
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What's thermal shunting? |
Altering the measurement temperature by inserting a measuring device. |
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Look over that thermocouple graph. |
Good girl. |
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What does a hygrometer measure? |
Relative humidity. |
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What does a psychrometer measure? |
A combination of humidity and temperature, called dewpoint. |
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Small RTD means what for response time? |
Fast response time. |
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What does a large RTD mean? |
Slow response time. |