17 March 2026

Probe placement mistakes we still see in New Territories cold stores

<p>A monitoring dashboard can only report what probes feel. In several New Territories facilities we still find sensors mounted in the coldest airflow path, taped to metal uprights that chill faster than product, or hung so high that floor-level pallets are invisible.</p> <p>Three quick checks before commissioning views:</p> <ul> <li>Stand where product sits, not where the evaporator blows.</li> <li>Compare a handheld reading at pallet mid-height with the fixed probe during a quiet hour.</li> <li>Confirm the logger channel name matches the painted zone code on the door.</li> </ul> <p>If those checks fail, fix placement first. Commissioning polished charts on misleading probes creates compliance analytics that look confident and travel poorly into an audit conversation.</p> <p>Field assessments exist for this reason: half a day on the floor often prevents weeks of disputed charts.</p>

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