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In a message dated 11/14/13 21 05 12, pantdino@aol.com writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE CITE STYLE="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px" TYPE="CITE"></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2">Tommy said the hat can stick in the orifice and jam the t-stat and feels this is a reason to not use one. This could logically happen if the hat were a tight fit in the orifice. So the "fair bit smaller" thing is by design.<BR>
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(Not defending the position, just reporting what he said.)<BR>
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</BLOCKQUOTE></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2">>>>IF what he said was true (which I don't believe), it would jam the thermostat OPEN, which is not a catastrophic problem.<BR>
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But all you have to do is hold the thermostat in your hand and place it in the block, to see the improbability/impossibility of such a scenario.<BR>
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Mike</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2"></FONT></HTML>