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Foxboro Thermostatic Water Level Gauge
Posted by: Howard Randall (IP Logged)
Date: July 31, 2003 02:29PM
<HTML>The SACA, N.E. Chapter website, under "Pictures", shows a Stanley (owned by Tom Dawson) dash detail showing a Foxboro Thermostatic Water Level Gauge. I used to work for this company, but this is news to me. Any body know more about this device - how it works, etc.? Is it like the Bristol-Derr with differential thermocouples?</HTML>
Re: Foxboro Thermostatic Water Level Gauge
Posted by: C Benson (IP Logged)
Date: August 01, 2003 09:13AM
<HTML>Its a plain ole guage just like a gas car temp guage,,,,operates in a water collum,,bulb hot from steam,,cooler as its in water[no circulation in collum] ,,probably be off as pressure changes,,,,Cheers Ben</HTML>
Re: Foxboro Thermostatic Water Level Gauge
Posted by: David K Nergaard (IP Logged)
Date: August 02, 2003 10:41PM
<HTML>At least on Tom's car, the bulb was mounted on the column just below the water level automatic. The gauge has long since lost its working fluid. Do you have any clue what it was?</HTML>
Re: Foxboro Thermostatic Water Level Gauge
Posted by: Howard Randall (IP Logged)
Date: August 04, 2003 11:13AM
<HTML>NO Idea what the fluid was! Has any one done a Patent search?</HTML>
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