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Subject:Re: Thermostat install Question
From:Standley, Craig
Date:Thu, 2 Aug 2001 15:27:29 -0800

Does the coolant actually raise the boiling point though?  I wouldn't think
that it would, if anything it seems like ethylene glycol would have a lower
boiling point than water.

-Craig

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Beierl [SMTP:dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET]
> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 1:44 PM
> To:   vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject:      Re: Thermostat install Question
>
> At 05:28 PM 8/2/2001, Ari Ollikainen wrote:
> >         Pyrex dish in an oven with a window in the oven door would
> >         seem to be a simpler solution than finding a suitable location
> >         below sea level...
>
> Household ovens are lucky to get within +/- 25 degrees of setpoint...I
> think heating in coolant mix would take care of it ok.
>
> david
>
>
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