[PRCo] Re: Heaters

[Boris Cefer]

When you turn the heaters on for several minutes only and without proper MG
support, they can't get the interior warm, that is clear, of course.

B
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 8:11 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Heaters


> I understand that.   And I understood that when I made the comment
> about museum operations.   A car sitting in a museum doesn't heat in
> the winter.   Even an interurban 1700.
>
> On Aug 3, 2006, at 1:32 PM, Boris Cefer wrote:
>
> > The reason is frequent low speed acceleration (on resistors) and
> > braking
> > with city cars (they were not running?) in sharp contrast with long
> > sections
> > without any resistance acceleration or braking on interurban lines.
> > And a
> > car running at a high speed in an open countryside will require higher
> > output of heaters than a car on a city line.
> >
> > B
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
> > To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 4:49 PM
> > Subject: [PRCo] Heaters
> >
> >
> >> Boris:
> >>
> >> If, as you assume, the city cars had enough heat at 10 kw to be
> >> adequate if they were not running, then why did the interurban cars
> >> require twice as many heaters?    I rest my case.
> >>
> >> fws
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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