[elky] Re: Curiouser and curiouser (thermostat)

  • From: STILLFRANKSFAULT@xxxxxxx
  • To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 18:17:08 -0400 (EDT)

I've done this before. Makes ya lose your faith in manufacturers.
When did it open?
Smokey Mt Frank  


 
In a message dated 7/23/2011 4:04:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:



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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