Duct tape vs zip ties for temp sensor mounts, the ladder test in Phoenix settled it

After 4 months of callbacks on sensors zip-tied to ductwork in that Phoenix heat, I swapped one to duct tape on a rework and it held through 117 degrees with zero sag, has anyone else seen zip ties fail that bad on metal surfaces?

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hayden_rodriguez14d ago

Betting the tape just cooked the probe reading all wrong, adhesive insulates way worse than metal contact. That 117 degree hold means nothing if the sensor's drifting 5 degrees from the actual duct temp. You traded one problem for another.