Hello guys,
i went to use my garden thermometer this moring to see what the seed rasing mix temperture is and noticed one it where the red line is in the center at the top end of that the stuff in the centre has all broken up in the last 10mm i used it the other week a week last monday and it was fine haven’t dropped it or anything. Here is a photo of it.

its near then 20

thanks in advance Veg Gardener

woops heading was ment to be garden thermometer Problems

Hold it by the top end and shake it down VG.

how long for?

Until it’s fixed. Maybe half a dozen shakes.

half a donze done still not fix would the freeze work?

Maybe if you heat it or freeze it.

Gees you stuffed up with this heading.LOL.

ill try the freezer * puts thermomter into freeze* How long for??

How long for??
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Should only take a few minutes to drop the temp.

kk hope it works i think they are air bubbles.

yeah they’re bubbles.

kk it better fix it self i got it for christmas. :D

I googled it and they reckon put it in ice water.

still there after being in the freezer for a while

Longy said:

I googled it and they reckon put it in ice water.

ok ill try that

ok ill try that

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If it doesn’t work, put it in the freezer overnight.

never new how cold the freezer was….i am trying the icey water now =)

Actually there shouldn’t be bubbles in the thermometer. Just a vacuum and the red stuff.

wonder if it has developed a tiny crack that has let air in?

Longy said:

Actually there shouldn’t be bubbles in the thermometer. Just a vacuum and the red stuff.

yeah if i put in hot water say 50 degrees would it make them go away becuase it woud rise to the top?

Bugger. I had a thermometer outside and it has done the same except it has one big long space at the bottom of the column. Oh well. Get it sorted willya VG.

bluegreen said:

wonder if it has developed a tiny crack that has let air in?

yeah trying to work out to fix it tried alot of things

if i put in hot water say 50 degrees
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Maybe, but if it is still cold from the ice water it will crack.

yeah it will so how will i do this

Do one thing at a time. Try flicking it down again. Shaking it. Mums and nurses used to do this before taking your temperature but that was when mercury was used.
If it won’t work, try the freezer overnight.

yep mum said may be easyer to buy a new one.

try this site VG.

http://www.novalynx.com/reference-rejoining.html

but ill cheap trying till if fix it

ill cheap trying
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Yeah right. That makes sense.

Longy said:

ill cheap trying
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Yeah right. That makes sense.

keep i mean

Guess what Longy, I fixed it ill take a pic for u to see.

veg gardener said:

Guess what Longy, I fixed it ill take a pic for u to see.

No need VG. I’ve seen thermometers before. Which method worked?

method was hot water

veg gardener said:

method was hot water

Good stuff.

now i know that if i have this problem again or if anyone has it…you just place it in hot water.

veg gardener said:

now i know that if i have this problem again or if anyone has it…you just place it in hot water.

Well I’ll be stonkered.

I dropped a max/min thermometer a couple of years ago, after which it had air bubbles. I shook it and shook it and shook it …. until I thought my arm would drop off. Tried it a couple of days later, no go. Ended up tossing it out.

If only I’d known * sigh! *

yep…should have kepted hold of it.

yep…should have kepted hold of it.