2011 thermostat setpoints

[Berkyboy]

We've had a couple of technical questions on the new thermostat found on the 2011 Gassers. At this point there is no technical data from the factory so I fired up my wife's tea pot and came up with the following "unofficial" data.

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At normal ambiant temeprature (the motor is cold) the thermsotat allows an estimated 5% bypass.

In fahrenheit degrees the thermostat does the following.

At 135 degrees (during an increase in temperature) the thermostat begins to open allowing approximately 50% of maximum flow.

At 140 degress (during an increase in temperature) the thermostat is open to its maximum.

Once the thermostat is open all of the way (at 140 degrees) is does not begin to close again until the temperature has dropped to 130 degrees where it closes down to about 50%.

At 125 degrees (again during a drop in temperature) the thermostat closes fully where it only allows the earlier estimated 5% of flow.



No I'm not an engineer....but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.