Thermostat

Feb 18, 2006 2 Replies

I recently located a thermostat that was new in the box but it had expanded, I assume, because the seal had failed somewhere. It doesn't have any physical damage and no visible cracks in the diaphram. I was thinking that maybe the solder on either the top or bottom was weak. Has anyone ever repaired one of these? I assume that it must have had a vacuum of some sort in it in order to help keep it compressed.


>>Mike

Vacuum, and some fairly volatile, easily evaporating alcohol inside. I don't know what, or how much of it. Once it's gone, you can't fix it at home.

Jan

That's what I was afraid of. It's a fairly simple device. I'd like to see how it was done.

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