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On Sat, 2005-02-19 at 08:37, Dave Hall wrote: > > Go to your local hardware store or DIY center. Ask them for a furnace > > thermocouple. Get the longest they have. It is a long copper tube, about > > 1/8" diameter, with a bulb on one end and nut on the other. > > Does this stuff have an insulated wire in it, or is it just hollow with fluid > inside? > It looks like a ceramic powder. I asked a furnace guy, and he says they produce a voltage when hot. I thenk the ceramic is an insulator. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~