Hi Martin
>Keith Addison wrote:
>
> >As I understand it (which could well be full of holes) a thermostat
> >works as I described it above, a rheostat simply adjusts the power
> >supply, lower or higher, and stays as you set it. The one is
> >constantly changing, switching on and off, surges up an
Keith Addison wrote:
>As I understand it (which could well be full of holes) a thermostat
>works as I described it above, a rheostat simply adjusts the power
>supply, lower or higher, and stays as you set it. The one is
>constantly changing, switching on and off, surges up and down, the
>othe
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From: "Keith Addison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 5:11 PM
Subject: Re: [biofuel] electric heat, ALeks' method Re: open flame heat
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> Hi Mark
>
> > >
> > > Tom Leue said the thermos
Hi Mark
> >
> > Tom Leue said the thermostat failed, so it wasn't an open-flame heat
> > source but electrical heating. If anything, a rheostat would be
> > better than a thermostat. Thermostats keep switching the power on
>and
> > off to keep the temperature ranging as little as possible either
>
> Tom Leue said the thermostat failed, so it wasn't an open-flame heat
> source but electrical heating. If anything, a rheostat would be
> better than a thermostat. Thermostats keep switching the power on
and
> off to keep the temperature ranging as little as possible either
side
> of wh
