Clip probes are a specific form of pipe contact probes. Clip probes detect the water temperature at the flow and return of the heating system per surface measurement. Clip temperature probes are easy to install and can be maintained or replaced quickly and easily because probes can be simply clipped onto the pipe. It is important to consider that compared to an inverse measurement, the surface temperature measurement is much slower and less accurate.
For this very reason, the correct and identical positioning of the contact sensor on flow and return pipes is important in order to keep measurement errors as small as possible. Due to their design, the clip-on sensors can be thermally optimally coupled to the measuring point.
Clip probes should be cost-effective, yet have a long service life of 15 years and work reliably and within specification throughout their entire service life.