In your measurement system, does the two-byte version of the
number then already exist somewhere in the PIC ? Or have you
not written/built the system yet ?

Jinx

> It's just the worst case extremes of a KTY thermistor. 3000 ohm is the max
i
> expect to measure 500 is the minimum. Though still just expectations. But
i
> think that if i use two 8bit registers i will have enough storage space
for
> whatever is measured.