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Traditional thermostats use a sealed glass tube with a bubble of Mercury as the low-voltage switch to activate the furnace relay switch. Two wires sealed into the glass are covered or uncoverd by the mercury as it sloshes from side to side in the tube. The tube is moved by a wound bi-metallic strip that coils or uncoils as the temperature changes.

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