[volt-nuts] Thermistor value for 732A Reference 10V Standard

[Leedyt at aol.com]

Hi!
 
Can anyone give me a rough value of the thermistor resistance that is  
brought out to the front panel of a Fluke 732A DC Reference Standard (lower  
left-hand side)?  The thermistor is for the user to monitor the temperature  of 
the oven that contains the voltage reference.  I see a resistance that  
starts out at 6600 Ohms (unit was nearly cold) and climbs and levels out at  
about 8400 Ohms after a day, or so.  Is this reasonable?  The  thermistor is 
given in the parts list as RT2, a Fenwal JA41J1 (no longer made)  and on the 
schematic as a 10K @ 25C unit.  So this doesn't make  sense.
 
Does anyone have any experience with this?  Or is just simpler to  replace 
the thermistor with a 100 Ohm RTD and be done with it?  Or would  this drive 
the calibration labs nuts?
 
Any references or advice would be appreciated.
 
Tom Leedy
Clarksburg, MD