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Description: This is an excellent demonstration of how thermostats work. Two bimetallic strips are placed so that they are heated by a heat lamp. As the strips get hot, one of the metal strips bend breaking the contact. This break in contact turns off the lamp. As the lamp cools, the metal bends back and contact is made again. Purchased/Built: built Setup Time: 5 min Quant. in Demo Room: 1 Demo References Sutton H-22 Set up a bimetallic strip thermostat to ring bells or flash lights. The Video Encyclopedia of Physics Demonstrations Disc 14-09 A bimetallic strip bends away from an electrical contact when heated turning off a light. Freier and Anderson Ha-6 A small bimetal strip acts as a switch in a thermostat.
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