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Data Logger and Data Acquisition Solutions Advice and Suggested Use

7 Reasons to Install Accsense for Medical Temperature Monitoring

Accsense Wireless and Wired Automated Monitoring Systems Pharmacies, hospitals and biorepositories store high-value but extremely temperature-sensitive products such as vaccines and medicine, prompting the need for automated systems to accurately record and/or archive both temperature and humidity. However, the sheer variety of available solutions can make the selection process a lengthy one. To help them … Continued

Using a Data Logger to Record Humidity

Protect your Products and Collect Environmental Data Do you need a device to monitor humidity in an environmental or cold chain application, but don’t know where to start? A Data Logger is an ideal device to record the humidity data and transfer the readings to your PC for later analysis. At CAS DataLoggers, many of … Continued

Reduce Power Bills with Power Factor Correction Device

What Is a Power Factor and How Does it Affect Your Utility Bill? In electrical engineering, Power Factor (PF) is the ratio of real power to the apparent power flowing to the load from the source. From a business standpoint Power Factor Correction is important to understand how having a low Power Factor raises your plant … Continued

How Fast Should You Sample on Your Thermocouples?

At CAS DataLoggers our customers often call in to ask us how often they should set their data loggers to sample for their particular projects. While this can vary based on what you’re monitoring, we have useful recommendations to help you save device memory and time spent going through the data when you’re done. Taken … Continued

Using a 3-Wire RTD to Prevent Temperature Measurement Errors

Ensure High Accuracy in Your Critical Temperature Measurements To prevent inaccurate temperature measurements which can potentially cause disastrous inventory losses, CAS DataLoggers recommends using 3-wire RTDs to customers taking temperature measurements using RTD sensors. These sensors are affordable and easily available for use with our wide inventory of temperature dataloggers, but some users are unaware … Continued

Troubleshooting Thermocouple Wiring

Thermocouple Basics for Your Temperature Monitoring Application When it comes to temperature probes, users have many sensor types to choose from, including thermistors, RTDs and thermocouples. Thermocouples come in many different types and tend to be the most commonly used probe due to their low cost, high durability, and wide temperature range. A thermocouple works … Continued