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"Bruce L. Bergman" <blPYTHONbergman@earthlink.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 00:31:20 -0500, "Ray O"
> <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote:
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>>I'm impressed that you know so much about this stuff when you live in
>>sunny
>>CA![/color]
>
> One, it's not all sunny beach life. There's a significant
> population up in the mountains that have to worry about this stuff, so
> we are familiar with the stuff - just most of us don't have to buy it.
>
> The High Desert gets overnight freezes fairly regularly, as can be
> witnessed by the insulated water-regulator enclosures and fire
> sprinkler standpipes there. But normally not Below Zero cold for
> extended periods.[/color]

I recall arriving in the SF Bay area on Labor Day weekend and visiting the
Golden Gate Bridge. The temps were probably in the 60's and the locals were
wearing winter jackets. Being from Chicago, I thought that those people had
no tolerance for the cold, but a year later, I was among the ranks of
jacket-wearers when the temps hit the 60's ;-)

I think modern passenger vehicles can tolerate the coldest temps in
California without any special modifications as long as they are in decent
shape. Most vehicles running around the Chicago area don't have anycold
weather modifications. I think you need to be in Canada before you start
seeing the plug-ins on the parking meters.

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> And two, it's an impressive sound when a properly pre-warmed (with
> Kim heaters on the coolant and crankcase) Mitsubishi Marine V-16 Quad
> Turbo Diesel attached to a 750KW 480V alternator automatically lights
> off, comes up to speed and takes the entire Granada Hills Switchroom
> building (including 50 tons of air conditioning) with a big Ka-CHUNK
> of the transfer switch.
>
> Makes my little 10KW generator sound like a flea fart. ;-P
>
> --<< Bruce >>--
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Yup, that would get anyone's attention!
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Ray O
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