[PRCo] Re: Heaters

[Fred Schneider]

So what fool does that?

On Aug 3, 2006, at 2:16 PM, Boris Cefer wrote:

> 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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