Application Notes
Preventing Frozen Pipes
Preventing frozen pipes can help you avoid a lot of damage. Most households in colder climates are aware that a pipe freezing is one of the worst issues a homeowner has to deal with. Water expands as it freezes putting a great amount of pressure on whatever is containing it. No […]
The Easy Way to Repair Your Farm Animals Heated Water Bowl
When your farm animals’ heated water bowl goes out in the winter seasons, it can be a stressful situation. Luckily, a quick change of the snap disc can fix this common issue. There is no need to hire a repair man! Purchase your water bowl snap disc replacement here. The […]
Fan and Limit Electronic Temperature Controller
Electronic Temperature Controller – Fan and Limit Senasys often receives temperature sensing requests for close on temperature rise (fan) and open on temperature rise (limit) applications. In the past we recommend using two snap disc thermostat switches – one to close on temperature rise and the other to open. As […]
Snap Disc Freeze Protection Thermostats & Suds
A common application use for Senasys snap disc thermostats is freeze protection. We received a new application from a car wash company, who need a way to insure their equipment doesn’t freeze. They need to make sure the temperature is high enough in the bill boxes and automated cashier to […]
Thermostat Switch Effects Car Horn Repair
Freeze Protecting Thermostat Switch Horn on a car was going off in the middle of the night caused by below-freezing temperatures. The horn sounds constantly under cold conditions, estimated below 25° F, until the fuse blows. That fuse is rated at 15 amps and can run for many minutes, depending on the […]
RV Water Bay Heater
Thermal Switch On the Motorhome Water Bay Heater 2511 Series Automatic Reset Thermal Switch As long as we’re talking RV’s lets share this one with you. Garry N replaced the thermal switch on the water bay heater of his motorhome with a more robust one made by, you guessed it- Senasys. […]
Solar Powered Flood Lights
Thermal Switch Reduces Energy Thermal switch specs: 2570F068-640 (Close by 35°F, Open by 25°F) W.K. of Laramie, WY is using one of our sealed thermal switches to reduce depletion of battery charge at freezing temperatures in a solar lighting system. Two 10-watt LEDs, mounted from a solar panel, flood the entry […]
Modine Type Heater with Aquastat or Bimetal Thermostat
Bimetal Thermostat Controls Space Heater Fans 2570 Series Bimetal Thermostat This time of year we get a lot of requests related to heating systems. Being based in Wisconsin, USA with a current temp of 9ºF we have lots of first hand experience with these issues. 🙂 A large number of people […]
Custom Bimetal Thermostat Housing
Sealed Bimetal Snap Disc Thermostats 2570 Series Sealed Thermostat Switch A large US based military vehicle company contacted us about a version of our thermostat that they could use in a harsh environment, high temperature application. They needed the device to be very rugged and robust but based on common […]
Brown University – E and B Experiment (EBEX)
Background: This application note applies to the use of 2570 thermostats as survival heaters on the EBEX astrophysical experiment. Since the E and B Experiment (EBEX) is a balloon-borne experiment which will be flying at low temperatures (typical range: 0 to -40 Celsius), various electronic components need to be maintained […]
