Please accept my apology, everybody.......
Skip (-:
At 09:23 AM 1/11/2007, Jon Wennerberg wrote:
>On Jan 11, 2007, at 12:20 PM, Skip Higginbotham wrote:
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>You might put it in a pan of water with a thermometer and heat the
>water and watch?
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>Skip, I think he wanted a high-tech solution to the problem. Your
>suggested method is what my dad taught me some fifty years ago --
>not nearly high falutin' enough for the good Mayf.
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>But, if memory serves, since the water temperature increases
>relatively slowly as the stove heats the pan -- you might consider
>heating the water to nearly boiling and then dunk the thermostat --
>and watch to see if the valve opens in a snap or slowly. Use carbon
>fiber thread to attach the thermostat to your hand (instead of kite
>string) and at least you'll be able to consider the experiment sort
>of high-tech.
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