hi: Just started using my brand new Polder remote thermometer I got for
Xmas. (since I'm in Toronto, there was little Q'ing this winter.) I was
grilling and wanted some gorgeous fillets to be done Pittsburgh, so i
programmed the thing for 125f. When it went off, the left hand side showed
36.1, presumably centigrade, but well below 125f. Then it switch to HI
instead of a temperature. Please, what gives?

Puzzled,
Canada Mike

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Michael wrote:
Please, what gives?

Puzzled,
Canada Mike

Dear Puzzled In Canada.
Which model of Polder are you using? It almost sounds as if you had a
temperature spike above 350F, and burned out the probe.
Dave

"Dave Bugg" dbuggatcharterdotnet wrote in message
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Michael wrote:
Please, what gives?

Puzzled,
Canada Mike

Dear Puzzled In Canada.
Which model of Polder are you using? It almost sounds as if you had a
temperature spike above 350F, and burned out the probe.
Dave


Sounds like you guessed it, Dave (nice to see ya again). Canada Mike, most,
if not all Polders have a max temperature on the probes of 350-375°. If you
used it while grilling, it's likely that you exceeded the limit and fried
the probe. Feel the cable and see if there are any hard, stiff places (as
opposed to flexible) in it, especially where it was inside your cooker. If
there are, then your probe is dead.

Jack Curry

On Mon, 8 Mar 2004 12:03:09 -0800, "Dave Bugg" dbuggatcharterdotnet
wrote:

Michael wrote:
Please, what gives?

Puzzled,
Canada Mike

Dear Puzzled In Canada.
Which model of Polder are you using? It almost sounds as if you had a
temperature spike above 350F, and burned out the probe.
Dave

Yeah. You fried the line to the probe . It likely touched the grill
- it doesn't take long, [Don't ask me how I know this 0

Harry

They don't BBQ year round in T.O. ? Sounds Wussy to me . . .

"Michael" wrote in message
ble.rogers.com...
hi: Just started using my brand new Polder remote thermometer I got for
Xmas. (since I'm in Toronto, there was little Q'ing this winter.) I was
grilling and wanted some gorgeous fillets to be done Pittsburgh, so i
programmed the thing for 125f. When it went off, the left hand side showed
36.1, presumably centigrade, but well below 125f. Then it switch to HI
instead of a temperature. Please, what gives?

Puzzled,
Canada Mike

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personal replies can be sent to me, remove the spam stopper from my
address.

If the tip of the probe touches the metal grill in your cooker and it is
hotter than 350 it will destruct. Besides that it won't work any more ...and
it will be ruined...kaput...done for...Outta here.
A new probe is in order. I have a Taylor and have been there already. You
can probably order one from ebay for $15 plus $9 for shipping. Taylor sells
them for $5 and free shipping.I ordered on line and bought two. I have been
told that the Taylor probe works fine in the polder unit, but you might be
able to order from polder just as cheaply .
Jack

On Mon, 8 Mar 2004 18:13:10 -0600, "Jack Sloan"
wrote:


"Michael" wrote in message
able.rogers.com...
hi: Just started using my brand new Polder remote thermometer I got for
Xmas. (since I'm in Toronto, there was little Q'ing this winter.) I was
grilling and wanted some gorgeous fillets to be done Pittsburgh, so i
programmed the thing for 125f. When it went off, the left hand side showed
36.1, presumably centigrade, but well below 125f. Then it switch to HI
instead of a temperature. Please, what gives?

Puzzled,
Canada Mike


If the tip of the probe touches the metal grill in your cooker and it is
hotter than 350 it will destruct. Besides that it won't work any more ...and
it will be ruined...kaput...done for...Outta here.

Are you sure it's not just pining for the fjords?

A new probe is in order. I have a Taylor and have been there already. You
can probably order one from ebay for $15 plus $9 for shipping. Taylor sells
them for $5 and free shipping.I ordered on line and bought two. I have been
told that the Taylor probe works fine in the polder unit, but you might be
able to order from polder just as cheaply .

REPOST REPAST REPSOT

Taylor Precision Products LP
Customer Service
2220 Entrada del Sol
Las Cruces, NM 88001
Telephone - 505-526-0944
Fax - 505-526-4626

Turns out the replacements are only $2.50 each and this includes
shipping and handling! The only (minor) bummer is that they do not
accept credit cards, so you must mail your request in with a check.
But they send the product out as soon as the check is recieved.

--
Kevin S. Wilson
Tech Writer at a University Somewhere in Idaho
"Anything, when cooked in large enough batches, will be vile."
--Dag Right-square-bracket-gren, in alt.religion.kibology

"Kevin S. Wilson" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 8 Mar 2004 18:13:10 -0600, "Jack Sloan"
wrote:


"Michael" wrote in message
able.rogers.com...
hi: Just started using my brand new Polder remote thermometer I got
for
Xmas. (since I'm in Toronto, there was little Q'ing this winter.) I was
grilling and wanted some gorgeous fillets to be done Pittsburgh, so i
programmed the thing for 125f. When it went off, the left hand side
showed
36.1, presumably centigrade, but well below 125f. Then it switch to HI
instead of a temperature. Please, what gives?

Puzzled,
Canada Mike


If the tip of the probe touches the metal grill in your cooker and it is
hotter than 350 it will destruct. Besides that it won't work any more
....and
it will be ruined...kaput...done for...Outta here.

Are you sure it's not just pining for the fjords?

A new probe is in order. I have a Taylor and have been there already.
You
can probably order one from ebay for $15 plus $9 for shipping. Taylor
sells
them for $5 and free shipping.I ordered on line and bought two. I have
been
told that the Taylor probe works fine in the polder unit, but you might
be
able to order from polder just as cheaply .

REPOST REPAST REPSOT

Taylor Precision Products LP
Customer Service
2220 Entrada del Sol
Las Cruces, NM 88001
Telephone - 505-526-0944
Fax - 505-526-4626

Turns out the replacements are only $2.50 each and this includes
shipping and handling! The only (minor) bummer is that they do not
accept credit cards, so you must mail your request in with a check.
But they send the product out as soon as the check is recieved.

--
Kevin S. Wilson


Thanks Kevin, that's useful.

TFM®

"TFM®" wrote

Thanks Kevin, that's useful.

TFM®

Ahhhhhhhhh, that's so neighborly and civil.:)

--
Fosco Gamgee Whitfurrows
and his 6" boner
only talkin to one of ya 'cause the other one ain't listenin'

Thank you!
I think I must have fried mine also, it hasn't been working lately..


"Kevin S. Wilson" wrote in message
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On Mon, 8 Mar 2004 18:13:10 -0600, "Jack Sloan"
wrote:


"Michael" wrote in message

Thanks to all of you. Not, of course, the answer I was hoping for, but it
makes sense. The grill was really hot!

As for grilling ti TOn n the winter, normally I do - right through. But this
winter was so cold the back door ro my deck froze solid shut, and I couldn't
get out there.

Thanks to all,
Canada Mike