Thermostats and Thermocouples

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The thermostats used in flanged immersion heaters are the bulb and capillary style. The standard thermostat has 25A max capacity and could operate up to 240V. This thermostat is single pole/single throw style with a temperature range of 10-120ºC. The table below shows other ranges of thermostats that are available.

 

THERMOSTAT CONTACT OPERATION TEMPERATURE RANGE MAXIMUM AMPS MAXIMUM VOLTAGE
T SPST 100  to 1200 C 25A 277V
T1 SPST -180 to 400 C 25A 277V
T2 SPST 700 to 2800 C 25A 277V
T3 SPST 1600 to 3700 C 25A 277V
T4 DPST 100 to 1200 C 15A 600V
T5 DPST -180 to 400 C 15A 600V
T6 DPST 700 to 2800 C 15A 600V
T7 DPST 1600 to 3700 C 15A 600V

 

It should be noted that thermostats are only temperature controllers and should not be used as fail-safe high limit switches.

Built-in thermocouples could be used inside flanged immersion heaters to give more accurate temperature indications. Thermocouples could also be attached to one of the heating elements and used as high-temperature limiting devices.