A thermostat is a regulating device component that senses the temperature of a physical system and performs actions so that the system's temperature is kept near a desired setpoint. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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A thermostat is a regulating device component which senses the temperature of a physical system and performs actions so that the system's temperature is maintained near a desired setpoint.
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Albert Butz (1849-1905) invented the electric thermostat and patented it in 1886.
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Sometimes a thermostat combines both the sensing and control action elements of a controlled system, such as in an automotive thermostat.
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Thermostats have used bimetallic strips but digital thermistors have since become popular.
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