3 ms·

Also not great for higher voltages and power.

• idiotsecant 3y ago
  You can in fact purchase right this very moment bimetallic temperature switches for nearly arbitrary voltage / current combinations.
  • Turing_Machine 3y ago
    Right. Mouser (a general electric/electronic component distributor in the USA) has 'em on the shelf rated for 600 V, 50 A. I'm sure that specialty distributors offer a much wider range.
• Pathogen-David 3y ago
  I've opened up my water kettle before and it uses a little bimetalic strip to shut itself off once the water is boiling. According to the label it sucks 1500 watts and it's just shoving mains voltage through the heating coil.
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