the way you adress multiple devices without a clash is different to talking to a single one.
Yes, but this is not the problem, since I had a already working program on the destroyed Arduino.
Watch long cable runs to the DS18B20's will need a lower (4k7 to 1k) pullup resistor and a 0.1uF decoupling cap
As examined by my little experiment with the 12k resistor in parallel.
A decoupling cap at the sensor however seems like a good idea, to prevent any unexpected issues.
My endurance test went successfully so far. None of the sensors is replying "0.00" or even the error code "-127" since it was started.