DIY Probe Holders - Incredibly inexpensive

[ZURCSREEF]

So I have been looking for probe holders, but there like $4 EACH for them online, no one locally has them and then another 7-8$ for shipping. I needed 6 of them so it came out to quite expensive for just a few suction cups. I decided to go to Big Al's and see if they might of had any, of course they didn't and I decided to use something I found there. It's 1/4" air line tubing suction cups. There all rubber. It's only $1.49 for a pack of four, so I got two. I knew they weren't going to fit by stretchy and putting them on there, so I got a pot, put some water in it, put the stove on high till it was really boiling and cooked them for about 20 seconds, then took them out, stretched them with ease and put them on my probes. Heres some pictures;

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So instead of spending $25, I spent $3 and change and got just about the same thing, if not, better. These are sold at most LFS.

-Mike C.

 

[racermike27]

Thanks for the info Mike. I will be needing something similar soon, so this makes it much easier.

-Mike-

 

[coralfragger101]

Suction cups fail. Take a scrap piece of acrylic and drill holes in it just like the one to the left in your own photo. Simply cut the suction off the things you just bought so that you have a moveable ring to adjust the depth of the probe.

 

[Rogger Castells]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12501423#post12501423 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by coralfragger101
Suction cups fail. Take a scrap piece of acrylic and drill holes in it just like the one to the left in your own photo. Simply cut the suction off the things you just bought so that you have a moveable ring to adjust the depth of the probe.

I agree, suction cups are unreliable, also plan to find different places for the probes (not necessarily in the sump), some of them give you false readings when they are next to each other

 

[ZURCSREEF]

I put the probes there for demonstration purples, I plan on super gluing them when I find the appropriate place, but then again, that will just make calibration difficult. I guess it was cheap enough to experiment with, but will go with what coralfragger101 stated.

Thanks,
-Mike C.

 

[coralfragger101]

I would keep in mind what Rogger stated as well. Either make individual holders or a long strip and leave as much room (at least 4" - just guessing) in between probes.

 

[ZURCSREEF]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12501948#post12501948 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by coralfragger101
I would keep in mind what Rogger stated as well. Either make individual holders or a long strip and leave as much room (at least 4" - just guessing) in between probes.

of course

 

[Lifes A Beach]

Re: DIY Probe Holders - Incredibly inexpensive

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12498255#post12498255 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ZURCSREEF

So instead of spending $25, I spent $3 and change and got just about the same thing, if not, better. These are sold at most LFS.

-Mike C.

Sounds like a good temporary idea! Thanks for sharing.