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Old 05-15-2008, 11:24 AM
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I'm by no means claiming to have known this myself, but I just got finished watching "How it's made" on the discovery channel

the question is...

"What is inside a thermostat, that contracts and expands, enabling it to open and close for coolant to flow through...?"

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hmm....mercury?
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Wax. What do I win?
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DING DING DING!!! We have a winner!

Wax is the correct answer
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boy you guys are quick/good! I'm impressed!
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you guys looked it up on wikipedia didn't you?
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I believe this is a video of it.. however youtube is not working right now on my computer so there's no way to verify it's the right video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPO8ors7k0
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google is where it's at
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Cool video.....manufacturing processes are always neat to watch.




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