[elky] Curiouser and curiouser (thermostat)

  • From: Ray Buck <rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 14:04:06 -0600

I've never tried this trick before: putting the thermostat in a pot of water and observing the temperature at which it opens.

This is a brand-new, unused 180F thermostat from Otter Zone.  Here it's closed at just under 200F:



And here, it's wide open at just OVER 200F:



It sure seems like a 195 thermostat to me, but it's marked 180.

I dunno.

r

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