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Taylor 5458 Min Max Thermometer

Item Id: 5458

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Out of Stock until March

The 5458 thermometer records the highest and lowest temperatures seen by the thermometer between settings. A "U" shape tube holds a clear liquid and columns of mercury. As the temperature increases, the liquid in the sensing bulb expands forcing the mercury up the maximum scale. When the temperature falls, the liquid contracts and the mercury follows it back up the minimum scale. Small glass and wire floats called limit markers are pushed to the temperature limits by the two sides of the mercury column.
The markers are held in position by a magnet in the back of the case and the maximum / minimum temperatures are read at the bottom point of the markers. The current or immediate temperature can always be read at the top of the mercury column as in a single tube thermometer. It is important to note that the minimum scale is inverted with the lower temperatures above the higher. Until you become accustomed to reading this "upside down" scale, some care may be required to get accurate readings.

Range: -40/120F
This thermometer contains Mercury.
Size: 10 1/2"H x 2 3/8" W x 1 1/4"D

Customer Reviews

	5458
	This is a great little min max thermometer. Easy to use, easy to read, professional looking. This one replaces an identical one that I've had for about 20 years which broke by accident when someone leaned a tool handle up against it. The magnet for resetting the markers does not come attached to the thermometer's frame and could easily be lost, but there is a trough for storing it and holes in the magnet and the frame for securing the magnet with a cord.
	Reviewed by: John Shober from Cloudland, Georgia. on 11/12/2011