RE: [ihc] Robertshaw 'Stats, Anyone?

[mark stegmann <truckdriver_1977@xxxxxxxxx>]

The shop I work at has sold Stant longer than I've
worked there, and I've looked into it. Stant &
Robertshaw are NOT the same company, unless one
recently acquired the other. 

Mark



--- John Hofstetter <hofs@domain.elided> wrote:
> >At 10:06 PM -0600 12/4/03, Peter Ferris wrote:
> >Lemme see...
> >
> >: ---Robert Shaw is nothing more than the
> commercial line of
> >: thermostats. If the auto parts store carries
> Stant, then they
> >: carry Robert Shaw. What's the difference between
> Stant and
> >: Robert Shaw? Robert Shaw is said to actuate at
> the desired
> 
> What have you been smoking, Pete? Most parts stores
> carry Stant, 
> only a few carry Robert Shaw.
> 
> >I was lead to believe there was/is a MECHANICAL
> difference between the
> >Robertshaw and 'anything else' (incl. Stant).
> 
> There is a mechanical difference between the two
> brands. I believe 
> that Stant used to make the correct thermostat, but
> dropped it, and 
> now lists a replacement that doesn't shut off the
> bypass opening when 
> it  opens.
> 
> >
> >Sooo, you're saying, Stant is the consumer version
> and Robertshaw is the
> >commercial version - made by the SAME company?
> 
> I'd have to see the evidence of that.
> 
> >But if I can find a Stant
> >that's supposed to work, it will be form, fit &
> function compatible? I
> >didn't know that (but I ain't too old to learn...
> <yet!>!).
> 
> No, no, no.
> 
> For a while Auto Zone seemed to be carrying the
> Robert Shaw 
> thermostats but labeling them as their own. I
> haven't checked lately.
> 
> Perhaps the Fleckster has cornered the market. Good
> for him.
> 
> John
> -- 
> John Hofstetter
> www.goldrush.com/~hofs


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