Many moons ago I worked for Standard Thompson (they OEM'd thermostats to Ford,
GM and CC). The rating is the temperature at which the thermostat trys to
control the temperature. They will start to open a few degrees below the rated
temp and be fully open a few above it.
If you were to monitor the temperature with a very accurate and precise
temperature recorder you would see the temp is always cycling up and down.
Ideally the rated temperature will be the mid point of the cycling.
Dave Clement
99 SLT+ CC 4x4
In article <49.3822384f.2d291a54@cs.com>, Aajaynefour@cs.com writes:
>
> If a thermostat is rated at 160, 180 , etc., what exactly does that mean? It
> begins to open at that specified temperature? Is 50% open by that specified
> temperature? All the way open by that temperature? What?
>
> just wondering
> Andrew
>
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