1 May
2012
1 May
'12
12:23 p.m.
On 30 Apr 2012 at 21:42, Tony Duell wrote:
No. Gas ovens do, but electric ovens are calibtated in a temperature
scale. Degrees Fahrenheit on older units, celsius (centigrade) on more
recent ones. For the sort of tempeatures involved, and the
accuracy/repeatability of the thermostats, a simple multiplication or
divsion by 2 is good enough to covert one to the other :-)
-tony
Tell me about it. I once ahd to recalibrate an
oven thermostat after
repariign it (it was a few days before Newtonsday, we needed the oven
to cook the turkey, and the correct repalcement was totally
unobtainable so I had to repair the old thermostat). I found that the
on/off points were not even approximately repaatable.... I think I got
it somehwat near and said 'try that'. Well, the food was edible...
Do electric ovens in the UK use the "Gas Mark" convention? It took