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[*] posted on 24-1-2011 at 17:05
Mel Temp repair

So I picked up a vintage Mel Temp unit on Ebay for 5 bucks! The only problem is there is a thermometer that may or may not contain mercury broken off inside it.

What would be the best way to extract this broken thermometer?

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[*] posted on 25-1-2011 at 13:53


Turn it upside down and smack the bottom over a bucket of sulfur?
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[*] posted on 28-1-2011 at 17:51


I smacked it a few times until the thermometer broke out depositing its cache of quicksilver into a plastic bag soon to join my collection of mercury in a vial. I then filled the thermometer well with garden sulfur. Hopefully it doesn't disintegrate, I think its aluminum based on how easily it was scarred by the impacts.



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