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On 19 Feb 2005 at 14:37, 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's actually a coaxial cable, or hardline, with a copper outer tube and a separate inner wire separated by some kind of insulation, which is probably a mineral powder packed in there. I think you can also just buy 1/8" copper tubing, and this might be easier to use, but a bit harder for the average person to come across. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~