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What are the uses of a thermostat

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A thermostat is a component which senses the temperature of a system so that the system's temperature is maintained near a desired setpoint.  

It is a "closed loop" control device, as it seeks to reduce the error between the desired and measured temperatures.

Sometimes a thermostat combines both the sensing and control action elements of control system, such as in an automotive thermostat.  

Perhaps the most common example of purely mechanical thermostat technology in use today is the internal combustion engine cooling system thermostat, used to maintain the engine near its optimum operating temperature by regulating the flow of coolant to an air-cooled radiator.

We can tell just from its name that a thermostat is something that "keeps heat the same": when our home is too cold, the thermostat switches on the heating so things quickly warm up; once the temperature reaches the level we've set, the thermostat switches the heating off so we don't boil.

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