Thermocouple Advantages
- Inexpensive
- Wide temperature range
- Various types, sizes and application methods
- Remote read back
- Read back electronics can be simple
- Usable in virtually any environment
- Requires cold junction compensation
- Slow response time
- Not as accurate as many other devices without good CJC and calibration
- Susceptible to noise
- Connection cable/wire is expensive compared to copper conductors
- Cable/wire length is limited
- More linear than thermocouples
- Cold junction not an issue
- Special cable/wire not needed
- Cable/wire length can be much longer than TC’s
- Better noise immunity
- More stable over time than thermocouples
- Remote read back
- Usable in virtually any environment
- More expensive than thermocouples
- More delicate than thermocouples unless encased
- Not as wide of temperature range as thermocouples
- Requires more conductors per device
- Read back electronics more complex
