as above but need to extend the wire

can i use speaker wire to do this???


if i do will it have any negative effects on the reading it gives???

any1 done this or thought of doing it?????



water

Should be OK, I assume the sensor is a simple thermocouple device.

dont know wat u mean by that


its just a thermo with a moulded probe attached to bout 1 meter of wire

water

sounds about right then, check this out

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermocouple

does this mean i can use speaker wire to move the probe further away?????

So long as it's not much thinner than the existing wire - yes.