What is a wax thermostat,How Do They Work?

 A wax thermostat is a wax disk with a wire in the middle, wrapped in a spiral inside a metal casing. The wax expands when heated, and contracts when cooled. This expansion and contraction causes the wire to move, which can be used as a switch.

A wax thermostat is a device that controls the temperature of your heating system. It does this by using a wax pellet to control the flow of hot water through your radiator. The wax pellet melts at a certain temperature, which allows it to open up and allow more hot water through. This means that when you turn on your heating system, it will heat up quickly and efficiently. When the room reaches its desired temperature, the wax pellet will solidify again and stop any further flow of hot water through your radiator. The most common form of wax thermostat is a glass tube with metal ends soldered on. You heat one end with an alcohol burner until it melts, and then put the other end into the desired wax. It will harden once cooled.

How Do They Work? Wax thermometers work by having an area that contains metal that changes shape when it is heated or cooled. This causes some sort of movement such as bending or spinning that can be used to control other parts of a heater circuit. The basic principle behind all thermostats is very simple: certain metals expand with increased temperature while others contract; they act between two fixed points which maintain the same temperature; the expansion or contraction must move or rotate parts by springs or gears to operate an electrical device (such as a heating element). For example, if you had two fixed points in your room at different temperatures and something small connected between them then warmed up you would have an example of how these work - in this case it might be wood burning in your fireplace! The wood heats up and expands, causing something like a spring to push down against some sort of cam - this then operates things like an electrical ignition system for your fire place (which turns on more wood for burning). When this thing cools back down, its expansion would reverse causing the spring to rise up again turning off your fire place.. A thermometer works based on exactly this same principle but uses metal elements instead of wood; they contain different types of metal whose properties are already known - such as nickel and copper: Nickel - expands 1% per degree C at room temperature Copper - contracts 1% per degree C at room temperature (same units but opposite direction) The resulting change between these two fixed points creates mechanical motion that can do all sorts of useful things! You could convert these simple mechanics into something defined like: "if temp above 35 degrees C then turn on heater" In order to make them work properly though you must have accurate values for both these temperatures and also need some way to calibrate them so you know how far it needs to go before there is any movement whatsoever... If anyone knows how all this stuff works I'd love to hear about it! Let me know if you think you do :) They are still quite fascinating though!