#thermostat
My old mercury #thermostat died and I have to replace it. I am not very good with electrical stuff and a civil engineer expert in #HVAC, colleague of my wife, suggested us to install a #nest rather than a digital thermostat one.
Not even death! Besides the unaffordable price —😱 — I won't never allow #Gugl to take control over my apartment, I feel already extremely frustrated because my mobile.
Eventually I replaced it with the exact simple and analogic type but newer and without mercury; it works, it doesn't require battery to operate, it will last other fifteen years (more or less).
I am pretty happy but also relieved, check out this #scary story to realize how much is evil #Gugl and its nest...
A Gemini client is required
gemini://axionfield.space/gemlog/20210531-burn-your-nest.gmi
#Gemini #GeminiProtocol #softwareFreedom #dumbHome #smartHome #degooglify
Wax Motors Add Motion to Your Projects
Mon, 10 Nov 2014 21:00:40 +0000, by Adam Fabio
[electronicsNmore] has uploaded a great teardown and tutorial
video (YouTube link) about wax
motors. Electric wax motors aren't
common in hobby electronics, but they are common in the appliance industry,
which means the motors can be often be obtained cheaply or for free from
discarded appliances. Non-electric wax motors have been used as automotive
coolant thermostats
for years. Who knows, this may be just what the doctor ordered for your next
project.
As [electronicsNmore] explains, wax motors are rather simple devices. A small
block of wax is sealed in a metal container with a movable piston. When
heated, the wax … Read the rest
#classic-hacks #appliance #outdoor-thermostat #positive-temperature-Coefficient #PTC #thermostat #Wax-motor
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