Greensands | 26/10/2022 19:53:35 |
449 forum posts 72 photos | I have a 0-50deg alcohol thread thermometer sold for use in aquariums which I have been using as an outdoors thermometer. Problem is that despite being in a fixed location mounted on a shed wall it has suddenly developed a broken thread and traditional methods of trying to reconnect the thread by means of flicking the device has not had the desired effect. Can anyone suggest any other tricks which might be worth trying? The break in the thread is typically 1/4" in length. |
peak4 | 26/10/2022 20:07:12 |
![]() 2207 forum posts 210 photos | The only ones I've had have a little expansion area at the very top, where the bore is a larger diameter. |
Dave Halford | 26/10/2022 20:51:33 |
2536 forum posts 24 photos | As Bill says, overheat and the bulb blows clear off. |
Rod Renshaw | 26/10/2022 21:08:54 |
438 forum posts 2 photos | +1 for the idea of overheating to the extent that the level goes up into a larger diameter part of the glass tube, and I also see the risks. I note that the OP's thermometer reads 0-50 degrees. If the thermometer is put in a freezer, in a vertical position, will the alcohol level drop into the bulb, and then expand in an unbroken column when the thermometer is returned to room temperature? Don't leave it in too long, you don't want the alcohol to freeze! Rod |
Neil A | 26/10/2022 21:19:51 |
160 forum posts | Freezing point of alcohol is -114.7 degrees Celsius. Most domestic freezers only go down to -18 or there about. I don't think you will have a problem there. I think I would try the freezer first, less danger. Neil |
Richard Millington | 26/10/2022 21:25:04 |
101 forum posts 9 photos | As above. Last one I did was by over heating so the "bubble" went to the expansion area, (just dipped it in a hot kettle) easy to control - just take it out of the water to cool down. |
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