Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #01042
To: John Leo Zimmer jlz@novia.net
From: Chiu-Yuan Fang chiumanfu@home.com
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 16:09:28 -0800
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: mercury switches
heating, ventilation and air conditioning...HVAC
Chiu
John Leo Zimmer wrote:
>
> At 19:16 25 02 99 -0500, James Wilson wrote:
> >You must have seen a mercury thermometer? Thermostats used in heating
> cooling
> >are a good place to look for mercury switches this is what their primary
> >function is. In addition to gravity having an effect temperature does as
> >well.The mercury expands when it is heated like in a thermomiter and this is
> >used to trigger hvac systems.
>
> sorry, what's "hvac"?
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Chiu-Yuan Fang
chiumanfu@home.com
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http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/6897/beam2.html
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