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Re: High tech question..

To: Glen Barrett <speedtimer@charter.net>
Subject: Re: High tech question..
From: drmayf <drmayf@mayfco.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:37:51 -0800
Shoot, I can stand still long enough, the issue is I will forget what 
the hell I was doing in the first place, lol.... I think I will make a 
few simplifying assumptions in my tank analysis...yes, you are all 
simple, lol..... now where did I put my crayons....

mayf, the rednecked ignorant desert rat in pahrump

Glen Barrett wrote:

> I thought it was agood answer, but can Mayf stand still long enough to 
> see it work.
> Glen
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Skip Higginbotham" 
> <saltrat@pahrump.com>
> To: "Jon Wennerberg" <jon@infodestruction.com>
> Cc: "drmayf" <drmayf@mayfco.com>; "LSR" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 10:31 AM
> Subject: Re: High tech question..
>
>
>> 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:
>>>
>>> You might put it in a pan of water with a thermometer and heat the 
>>> water and watch?
>>> Skip
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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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