[64946] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: cooling systems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu)
Wed Nov 5 19:39:42 2003
To: Eric Kuhnke <eric@fnordsystems.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 05 Nov 2003 12:42:16 PST."
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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 19:38:57 -0500
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On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 12:42:16 PST, Eric Kuhnke <eric@fnordsystems.com> said:
> For those who have never visited Fairbanks, there is a phenomena observed
> at -15C and lower known as "square tire". The rubber in tires of parked
> vehicles will become stiff and freeze into position, making the vehicle
> impossible to move without destroying the tires.
I can't speak for Alaska, but I've had to drive at -40(C/F) in northern NY.
Yes, the tires get 'square', and will go a bit wump wump wump until they warm
up (usually after a half mile or so). However, a tire should be able to deal
with this without much trouble (or at least in almost a decade of trying
I never actually managed to damage a tire noticably that way).
What *is* embarassing and potentially a big issue is if you've been driving,
the tires are warmed up, and you park on a layer of several inches of snow/ice,
and return a few hours later to find the tires have melted down into the ice
and then refrozen.....
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