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Re: Sensor Reliability
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Date: 
Wed, 14 Jul 1999 20:32:45 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, lego-robotics@crynwr.com (Ben Williamson) writes:
You can also get fairly good results from using boiling water and ice
water for 100 C and 0 C respectively. [...]

Don't boil your LEGO bricks. They start to get soft at 80 degrees Centigrade.
For more information, read from the chronicles of Dr. Franzenstein:

http://www.lugnet.com/robotics/?n=4587

- Robert Munafo



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  Re: Sensor Reliability
 
(...) Indeed. I was thinking more of homebrew sensors. Of course, these need to be electrically insulated before dunking in liquids, to avoid false readings. Cheers, - Ben. ---...--- Ben Williamson benw@pobox.com (URL) you check the web site first?: (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: Sensor Reliability
 
(...) And don't forget that the boiling point of water varies *significantly* with altitude above sea level. The higher up, the lower the boiling point. -SMQ Shawn Menninga smq@dwarfrune.com --=--=--=--=--=--=--...-=--=--=-- "Well I've wrestled with (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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  Re: Sensor Reliability
 
(...) You can also get fairly good results from using boiling water and ice water for 100 C and 0 C respectively. It helps to put the ice water in a foam cup with a hole in the lid for the sensor, and leave it sit for a few minutes to give the water (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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