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scott wrote:
> Ermm, actually it does have a thermostat. Simply tested by wiggling the
> knob while the oven is cold and observing that the flame size doesn't
> change.
Interesting. On my oven, it does.
[There is some kind of sensor that detects whether the gas has ignited.
When you turn the oven on, it lets in a tiny amount of gas and ignites
it. Then, after a few seconds, the flame suddenly grows to full size.
Thereafter it remains at that size until you turn the oven off.]
> If it didn't have a thermostat then to set the temperature at eg 200
> degrees (I don't know what gas mark that is) the flame size would be so
> small it would take 10 hours to get to anywhere near 200 degrees.
That's an interesting theory.
OOC, any idea how much energy it takes to warm up 0.25 m^2 of air from
methane...)
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