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 (-:
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> At 09:23 AM 1/11/2007, Jon Wennerberg wrote:
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>>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?
>>Skip
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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.
>>
>>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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