My thermostat uses the expansion/contraction of a drop mercury to conduct electricity and trigger when to turn off and on.damaltor1 t1_iy9zufa wrote
Reply to comment by Prindagelf in My thermostat uses the expansion/contraction of a drop mercury to conduct electricity and trigger when to turn off and on. by Iain_MS
exactly. setting the temperature higher tips the vial to one side, and actually rising temperature tips it back to the other side. it will find its equilibrium point when set temp and measured temp are equal.
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