Mercury thermometers

[miketx]

I have one outside my backdoor and I think it was less than 5 dollars when I bought it. It hasn't worked in a long time and I was wondering if anyone knew anything about them? I didn't know they could not work. It's in the upper 50's here the thermometer reads -10 degrees. ?

 

[Auld Phart]

Have you checked the batteries?

Checked the mainspring, in case you wound it too tight?

Is it available on any Ford models other than the Mercury?

BTW, I have no idea about what the problem might be.

 

[TNHarley]

Check for cracks. Any cracks will render it useless.
If no cracks, try putting it in a freezer for a while. Sometimes they mercury will create a void.
Other than that, idk. They dont just go out of calibration.

 

[Wyatt earp]

Break it open and give to Real Dave, rderp or Billy, they eat the mercury

 

[whitehall]

Remember how you used to have to shake down a thermometer to take somebody's temperature? The same thing happens to old outdoor stuff. Air and contaminants prevent the mercury flow. Junk the thermometer or keep it as a display and go to digital.

 

[HenryBHough]

It happens when people suck on the thermometers instead of just letting they rest on the tongue.

I guess the taste the mercury helps with that other taste.......

 

[miketx]

It happens when people suck on the thermometers instead of just letting they rest on the tongue.

I guess the taste the mercury helps with that other taste.......

For years it has been nailed to my shed wall and no one that I know of has sucked on it. Unless you were that guy in my yard that night....

 

[HenryBHough]

It happens when people suck on the thermometers instead of just letting they rest on the tongue.

I guess the taste the mercury helps with that other taste.......

For years it has been nailed to my shed wall and no one that I know of has sucked on it. Unless you were that guy in my yard that night....

My bad....I lost track of your being normal rather than a liberal!