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Message started by justin_o_guy2 on 04/07/13 at 08:01:16

Title: Interesting thermometer
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 04/07/13 at 08:01:16

Ive wished for one that would do this.. Saw one at the store where we buy plants for the garden. Priced @ $29.00,, but, it had been hanging so long the cardboard it was on was starting to yellow, & I got a 2" BUlldog hitch from there a year ago that had been laying there for years for $10.00, so, I took a shot & dang if I didnt get this crazy thing for $10.00, too. Took some messing with it to get it acting almost right. It may be ruined from never having been cleared & messed with. The High/Low markers are Ferrous rods, there are wimpy magnets running the length on both sides to hold the markers at their uppermost positions. REset requires holding a button that disengages the magnets. The markers had settled into the heavy fluid column. One was stuck pretty bad. I had to use several High Class magnets stacked together, hot water & even had to remove the glass U tube & tap on it to get one loose. They Do have a lifetime warranty, tho..if I cant get this thing working.

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Title: Re: Interesting thermometer
Post by Charon on 04/07/13 at 08:11:54

I had one like it decades ago. On mine, the ferrous indicators stayed in place by very light friction. It used a magnet to pull the indicators back to the mercury column for reset.

Title: Re: Interesting thermometer
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 04/07/13 at 08:14:34

This one doesnt have Mercury, just a heavy fluid column, the blue stuff, & a lighter column on each end. Heavy stuff in the bottom of the U-shaped glass.

How did you like it? What happened to it?

Title: Re: Interesting thermometer
Post by 45acp on 04/07/13 at 08:30:00

i worked at a hog farm briefly. they had one of those in every room. used them to track the high and low temps during the winter. worked pretty good.

Title: Re: Interesting thermometer
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 04/07/13 at 08:32:08

Im not gonna spring but for 1. Ill move it around. Shop, Garden & Hot House.

Well,, IDK, If I like it, I May get another. Keeping up with the garden temp swings & the hot house may demand it,

Title: Re: Interesting thermometer
Post by Charon on 04/07/13 at 08:34:05

Mine was much older, before mercury became such a demon. Mine used (I think) kerosene as the thermometer liquid, with the kerosene in the bulb on the upper left being the active agent. The mercury formed a plunger going around the bottom of the "U" tube, and the iron indicators floated atop the mercury. It came with a small magnet which was used to reset the indicators. Worked just fine. I don't remember what happened to it - perhaps I lost it or left it behind in a move. These days, electronics do what it did, probably more accurately.

Title: Re: Interesting thermometer
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 04/07/13 at 08:37:19

REally? POint the way! Im interested.