Thermocouple Inputs; Supported Tc Types And Temperature Ranges - GE Mark VIeS System Manual

7.9 Thermocouple Inputs

YUAA reads temperature inputs from thermocouples with E, J, K, S, T, B, N, and R styles, and has open wire detection.
Thermocouple
Burnout detection on the input is based on a periodic pulse of current forcing the open terminal voltage outside the
normal -40 to 95 mV region. Therefore, there may be a delay of up to 1 second from the time a sensor fails to when the
burnout is detected. When the input goes open, the input terminal voltage typically drops close to zero. If the thermocouple
sensor is hotter than the YUAA screw temperature, the reported temperature reading will report colder (since the TC had been
at a positive terminal input voltage). If the thermocouple sensor is colder than the YUAA screw temperature, the temperature
reading will momentarily report a warmer temperature, until the pulsed current source causes detection of the open circuit and
the behavior specified by the ReportOpenTC parameter is applied.
Burnout Detection is only enabled on E, J ,K, S, T, B, N and R styles of thermocouples. When the ReportOpenTC parameter
is set to Fail_Cold, the YUAA will report Extrapolated values from TC tables at -40 mV (Open TC threshold). When
ReportOpenTC is set to Fail_Hot, the YUAA will report 2000 °C (3632 °F) depending on TempUnits selection. Burnout
detection is disabled on mv selection. Therefore, ± 312.5 mV can be read with mv type selection with healthy zone limited
from -40 mV to 114 mV.
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Supported TC Types and Temperature Ranges

TC Type
Min
mV -40
Min Temp (ºF)
T -328
K -328
J -337.38
E -328
S -40
B 32
N -454
R -58
Thermocouple
Max
114
Max Temp (ºF)
752
2501.6
2192
1832
3214.4
3308
2372
3214.4
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