Here is cheap:
Hook up your thermocouple leads to a good Fluke Meter, reading Milivolts.
Figure out what type thermocouple probe is in your engine, then go to the link and read the voltage/temp. selection.
Pick you type thermocouple, and the Farenheit conversion. Print it out and take it flying. Read the milivolts on your Fluke, read the temp off the chart.
If the two pyro readings had been running close, then read one on the Fluke, the other still connected to the monitor you have been using. Now you can see if you have a calibration issue.
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From: dlomheim <dlomheim@aol.com>
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Tue, Mar 20, 2012 10:17 am
Subject: [FlyRotary] Lynn mentioned a "cheap" EGT Gauge