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• Re: Firewood
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 17 Feb 2006 09:06:31 -0800
  ...The recommended way to put out burning magnesium is to carefully cover it with sodium chloride or DRY sand to act as a thermal...
• Re: Anyone making custom curtains?
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:04:35 -0400
  ...We have made prototypes of inside and outside thermals and found that inside ones are a waist of time. will stop the sun from...
• Re: Hybrid Engine Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Thu, 4 Oct 2007 10:26:28 -0700
  ...I believe that in our vans(typically lot's of hwy miles) the total thermal efficiency is going to be low enough that other...
• Re: Curious Question (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Tue, 29 Jun 2004 13:33:44 -0700
  ...The thermal qualities should be the same, the strength qualities should be radically different from the process of manipulating the billet in the rolling...
• Re: Windshield Sunshade Smackdown!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 11 Jun 2014 16:37:45 -0500
  ...ALL windshield covers that are on the inside will not stop > > thermal Transfer. Heat will still get inside the windshield and hit > > the cover...
• Re: ? Interior Cubed Feet of Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Wed, 11 Dec 2013 11:05:28 -0700
  ...For the super cold weather for heat and insulating on my Vanagon for a Thermal project. More of an Off Grid Survival type question...
• Re: Westy Winter Camping Suggestions..
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Tue, 17 Oct 2006 06:32:19 -0400
  ...So far I have a set of thermal curtains that I >>>got from Bus Depot a while back, a Mr. Heater buddy heater (with...
• Re: Vitrifrigo light lens hole
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:55:06 -0400
  ...Makes the thermal engineers depressed sometimes, but of course they get the big consulting fees to fix it after the thing is built. And...
• Re: Advice Rebuilding an 84 : head coating
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Thu, 19 Dec 1996 12:11:40 -0800
  ...are used in my profession > (Machine Design), but I like the thermal insulating properties of ceramics as > well. However, that is an entirely different...
• Re: 88 Vanagon headlight socket problem
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:18:09 -0400
  ...www.stabilant.com> including the application notes on weather applications and thermal runaway. Their stuff is wicked expensive, might be $50 for a little...
• Re: Sierra Coolant
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 29 Sep 2002 10:47:47 -0500
  ...Differences in the coefficient of thermal expansion between propylene glycol and ethylene glycol probably would not be noticeable. Larry A. Jfp w/3 WBXs...
• where to get coolers
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Tue, 12 Oct 2004 21:21:13 -0400
  ...get a long one, cut the top off down to your :::desired height, re-attach the lid ensuring a good thermal seal ... voila. :::Don...
• Re: The transitional engine...
  Historical mailing list - Dirk Wright
  Thu, 23 May 1996 08:35:34 -0400 (EDT)
  ...This layer has much less thermal conductivity than the raw aluminum, so in the portion of the head exposed to combustion heat, less wold...
• Re: Re: � � � Some Clarifications a nd Additional Cooling System Comments
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Thu, 3 Oct 2002 06:09:37 -0400
  ...the situation in which the second fan > > speed cannot control any thermal situation. > > > > I have. Encountered it while taking my Westy Syncro up Monarch...
• Rotor thoughts
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 16 Aug 2004 14:53:58 -0400
  ...Stainless steel is not a good choice as it's thermal characterics are horrible (it would warp or crack far too quickly.) Porsche has...
• Re: Cold steering wheel
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:29:09 -0700
  ...it's made of aluminum or some other material with high thermal > > conductivity. Or is it something to do with specific heat? I was...
• Re: Stoned pizza
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Fri, 15 Jun 2007 22:40:29 -0700
  ...vibrations and the heat of the fire, and accomodate the different > thermal expansion coefficients of the metal and stone. --snip-- Plant pot... y'know...
• installing a vented catalytic heater (L)
  Historical mailing list - William Dummitt
  Thu, 28 Aug 1997 17:39:42 -0400
  ...t= he Propex, I opted for a VENTED catalytic heater from Thermal Systems in Tumwater, WA. I hated giving up the space under the...
• Re: waterboxer overhaul
  Historical mailing list - John
  Sun, 12 Sep 1999 15:44:44 -0400
  ...3) I can think of no better way to shorten the life of a wasserboxer than to add the stresses and peak thermal loads...
• Re: re. heat in vw vans, block heater for WBX
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 30 Sep 2000 00:24:20 -0400
  ...of a kilowatt or so, and second they have very poor thermal coupling to the case as they are a simple flat plate without...
• Re: Projektzwo Foglight Project - Bad News
  Historical mailing list - Clint Kolda
  Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:21:55 -0800
  ...Since vacuum/thermal molds are less money, perhaps some minor design changes could be made to accomodate. Clint John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote...
• Re: Oil
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Thu, 17 Jul 2003 16:32:20 -0400
  ...an hour the engine went into thermal overload before the top of the climb I define thermal overload as oil temps in excess of...
• Re: Stock fridge vent delete option
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 24 Jul 2022 15:29:59 -0700
  ...Again the temp swing due to no thermal mass inside. But the point is, it cools down fairly fast. Just another bit of anecdotal...
• Re: Longevity of Conversion Engines
  Historical mailing list - Kim Howe
  Tue, 26 Mar 2002 09:54:51 +0800
  ...Aircooling is more efficient, no pumping losses, lower thermal mass. Basic physics. > I don't want to offend the air > cooled folks out there...
• Re: Drilled brake discs
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Wed, 6 Nov 2002 14:40:18 -0000
  ...Short term transient heat dissipation is achieved simply by mass, greater thickness for a given diameter > thermal inertia. Its the longer term heat dissipation...
• ECU & Coolant Temp Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Thu, 10 Mar 2011 20:20:45 -0800
  ...Still pegging max high with a steady flashing light, but the thermal laser gun reveals a normal temp system. There was a posting recently...
• Re: Engine Rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 13 Oct 1998 12:38:18 -0700
  ...The thermal barrier coating decreases wear and keeps heat from damaging the valve. http://www.hpcoatings.com/hpcauto.html http://www.hpcoatings.com/hpcauto...
• Re: Hydro lifters (# of turn)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 28 Jun 2004 10:19:53 -0500
  ...would be expected to increase roughly in > proportion to the overall thermal expansion of the engine as it warms up. > > dan > > On Fri, 25...
• Re: Never a Dull Day (Coolant Burp)
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Mon, 5 Jun 2006 19:07:22 -0400
  ...So my > guess is that the thermal cycles of day/night, coupled with a small > leak somewhere, are letting air in the system? Anyone...
• Re: CV joints
  Historical mailing list - Arthur H. Walker
  Mon, 1 May 1995 17:13:11 -0700
  ...Also, there may be some value to flipping outer and inner in terms of the thermal environment. I'm not sure which has it...
• Re: ECU Lifespan?--failure prevention
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 20:55:11 -0800
  ...off the black paint and put a super thin layer of thermal grease between the ECU and the heat-sink/cover at its contact...
• Re: "Well, there's your problem."
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Mon, 11 Sep 2006 14:13:48 -0600
  ...But we use a french press thermal pot in the westy & a cone drip at home which gives us different coffee from each. Tom...
• Re: Forget the Frig in Summer
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 1 Aug 2005 07:21:48 -0500
  ...50s and 60s inside were common >during the day. >I had some bottles of water in there to add some thermal mass, and made...
• Atwood Hydroflame Furnace Install
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Sun, 20 Feb 2011 12:40:39 -0900
  ...One of these days I will put a thermal curtain across the front (just behind the seats) and this should help even more to...
• Re: PWM controller , was Water Cooler System Design Flaw Workaround?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Sun, 25 Apr 2010 08:17:31 -0700
  ...But the large thermal mass of the engine pretty much assures that temp changes will occur pretty slowly, and the thermostat seems capable of...
• Re: [T2] Oil temp question 2 liter AC motor
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 21 May 2001 07:47:47 -0500
  ...on how to lower this temp, for it seems near the thermal > breakdown point of non-synthetic oil.....also thinking about > switching to > synthetic...
• Re: Monitoring aux battery charging?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 10 Oct 2004 20:10:21 -0400
  ...I mounted the "outdoor" thermal sensor in the >refrigerator. Now I have means to monitor the voltage of the two >batteries, the cabin temp...
• Re: Instrument Cluster Ribbon Repair
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:50:56 -0700
  ...It's a lot easier to apply heat to a single part than it is to multiple parts of different thermal masses. When you...
• Domestic Refrigerator.
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sun, 14 Sep 1997 19:04:20 -0700
  ...I used silicone thermal goo to adhere the thermostat for the rear fan to the cooling fins (after checking that the thermostat worked.) I...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 23:12:03 -0400
  ...for a spark, taking advantage of thermionic emission at the hotter (thermally) central electrode to take advantage of already existing charges. ALSO, IF ANYONE...
• Re: Dometic + related Electical Questions -- searched archives
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:21:38 -0400
  ...Not certain what it's for but It appears to fuse the > thermal switch for refer fan and 12V heating element via the fridge...
• Re: Hydro lifters (# of turn)
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Mon, 28 Jun 2004 00:00:19 -0400
  ...there might be a differential thermal expansion going on because of different materials and temperature differences, and maybe that is what is going on...
• Re: pop top colour, thread hijack
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 17 May 2010 18:24:05 -0700
  ...I'm not going to bring up the added wrinkle of the silver being more thermally conductive...ie transferring more heat to your hand...
• Re: REAR HEATER VALVE - 'Not' Understood (Sorry Zoltan)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Tue, 27 Mar 2001 10:06:05 -0700
  ...The Legacy NA is an open deck engine, and as such, is happier with less thermal cycling. Thus, the engine has the thermostat on...
• Re: ENTIRE interior is out... any odd jobs I should be doing?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Wed, 10 Aug 2005 08:20:53 -0400
  ...All was right in my world until the weather > got warm; then the rustproofing became a thermal mass which turned that car > into an...
• Re: blue vs green vs orange coolant
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sat, 12 Aug 2006 22:44:37 -0400
  ...in theory, this is good because thermal efficiency is increased; and there is no problem with boilover because of the low vapor pressure of...
• On I4 and TIICO Exhaust Fixes
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 30 Sep 2002 02:13:39 EDT
  ...Different thermal expansion rates! The block is cast iron, the head is Aluminum as is the oil pan, the exhaust manifold is cast iron...
• Re: Rear a/c blower motor resistor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 12 Jun 2017 14:53:24 -0400
  ...Newer versions of this resistor have a thermal fuse located above the second-stage resistor winding. You could substitute your front blower resistor but...
• Re: Freeze-12 and other A/C supplies
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 20 Jun 2010 15:40:22 -0500
  ...flammable" and breaks down into some pretty nasty gases due to "thermal decomposition". Freeze-12 is on the EPA's "acceptable subject to use...
• Re: '81 Vanagon heater advice
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 26 Oct 1999 18:09:12 -0400
  ...Vanagon to work, and have decided to go for an alternative thermal source. I was wondering if any one has had decent experience with...
• Re: Fire Extinguishers
  Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
  Thu, 29 Aug 2002 22:16:24 -0400
  ...a minimum), timecerted (larger solid versions of helicoils, special coefficient of thermal expansion head bolts(to match the magnesium), 14 quart oil cooler( to...
• Re: Cooling strategies, color coded, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 1 May 2004 10:56:09 -0500
  ...may diffuse in from outside as the expansion and contraction from thermal cycling moves things around slightly. So now we have aluminum, oxygen, heat...
• Re: Hybrid Engine Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Thu, 4 Oct 2007 13:37:24 -0400
  ...I believe that in our vans(typically lot's of hwy miles) the > total thermal efficiency is going to be low enough that other...
• Re: Radiator Fan Thermal Switch question
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sun, 19 Aug 2012 18:04:01 -0400
  ...Can I put a switch in to bypass >>the Thermal switch OR is there a different switch with different temp >>settings?? >>I have no...
• Intercooler
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Wed, 24 Nov 1999 15:37:39 -0500
  ...both longer engine life due to lower thermal loads, and with increased fueling more power. In a car the effect on engine life is...
• Re: after the fridge is lit..
  Historical mailing list - David Greenland
  Tue, 18 Apr 2000 10:30:40 -0700
  ...Pressing the button just overrides a thermal gas cutoff valve to allow gas to flow even though there's no heat/flame. (could be...
• Fw: Re: refrigerator removal and fan upgrades?
  Historical mailing list - Roy Olynick
  Sat, 8 Mar 2003 22:27:47 -0600
  ...Also, whenever I remove the fridge from my Westy, I always put a fresh dab of thermally conductive compound on the two halves of...
• Re: Fridge Fun..... well, NEW fridge fun!
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 20 May 2010 12:45:00 -0700
  ...http://tinyurl.com/2e3f25v Note what may be a filter on it. (as per David B's suggestion) 182B combustion box thermal looked better...
• Cup holder
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 22:35:07 -0700
  ...Basically, a shelf with two proper size holes to take some of those thermal long bodied cups with the screw on lids. The cup...
• Re: Winters in the van...
  Historical mailing list - Eric Spletzer
  Tue, 19 Nov 2002 12:29:11 -0800
  ...The key is the amount of thermal mass. The equivalent > hydronic floor for the van is unfortunately a 3" layer of concrete under > he...