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Is the mercury switch the important part of that, or the bimetal strip that's tilting the mercury switch? I think you could probably find mercury-free bimetal
by Eelongate 5y ago
Is the mercury switch the important part of that, or the bimetal strip that's tilting the mercury switch? I think you could probably find mercury-free bimetal thermostats still, though I haven't looked.
- cptskippy 5y agoThe mercury switch behaved kind of like the first hill of a roller coaster. It would linger at the edge of transition until it reached a breaking point then it would drop. Some modern thermostats try to emulate this behavior. The Honeywell T6 line of thermostats have technician settings for configuring this behavior though no technician takes the time to configure them for a home.