Real-world Applications
Wax motors were perhaps most famously used on Maytag's line of front-loading clothes washers, where they experienced an unfortunately high failure rate and have now been substantially replaced by magnetic solenoids.
Wax motors are also commonly used to drive zone valves in hydronic (hot water) heating systems.
They are used in many dishwasher detergent dispensing mechanisms.
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