Why not buy a tee fitting with the compression ends you want, and the branch having a 1/4" or 1/8" compression end. Then buy a probe-type sensor with a probe body diameter of 1/4" or 1/8"... McMaster-Carr, Grainger, Omega...'bout a million places will sell you 1/8" stainless-shielded thermocouple probes and a good Fluke thermocouple thermometer.



