<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by telephony:
Just measuring the temperature would become a chore when it's that cold.
Alcohol thermometers (the kind with the red crap in the bulb) would freeze out at around -20°, mercury becomes a solid metal at -40°, and a Galileo thermometer would explode within minutes of being set outside.
That leaves you with two options: the thermocouple or thermopile, and the bimetal spring thermometer. Bet they sell a lot of bimetals, because they work without an attached instrument or batteries. ;-)
At these temperatures, no amount of rags and styrofoam would protect an outdoor hose faucet either. Pow!!!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Thanks, Telephony. (If it's not too personal, can you please explain why you're no longer Stingmon?)
I still don't understand how people can function outdoors in that kind of cold.
Regards,
Brightnorm