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  1. 05-16-2012, 07:27 PM #1
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    Default thermostat question

    44 year old condo with electric baseboard heat with separate thermostats in each room.
    Anyone know what the bottom circular opening is for?

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    Default Re: thermostat question

    A round thermometer would be my guess.

    If all the rooms have the same unit with the same hole, it would be time to break out the boroscope.

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    Default Re: thermostat question

    I'm with John on this one, a thermometer which has long ago be taken out.

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    Default Re: thermostat question

    A mercury-based bimetal spring thermometer display.

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    Mercury with cool suspension

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