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Re: thermostat
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Posted by Carl on September 23, 2002 at 15:00:22:

In Reply to: Posted by on September 23, 2002 at 08:50:28:

The 160 degree thermostat was used for alcohol based anti-freeze because of its low boiling point.

All modern anti-freeze is glycol based (either ethylene or proplyene) and has a much higher boiling point so the thermostats now are either 180 or 190 degrees.

Hope this is of some help,

Carl


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