Can someone tell me? Any design that I have seen using a silicone junction for temperature sensing always uses a transistor with the base tied to the collector.
My question is why not just use a 1N914 diode?
The last 5 years of my career were spent in mainting the HVAC for a large sewage plant. (what an experience)
We had just moved into a newly constructed office building, (no commissioning!). My only training in HVAC was one semister in college, talking to father-in-law, who owned a heat and...