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Re: Overheating

To: Scott Fisher <megatest!bldg2fs1!sfisher@uu2.psi.com>,
Subject: Re: Overheating
From: lupienj@wal.hp.com (John Lupien)
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 93 11:15:04 EDT
> Time isn't the only thing you've varied, Mike -- assuming that you
> did shorten the time (which I doubt -- see below for the real answer),
> you increased the quantity of coolant that passes through the radiator
> in direct proportion, for a net change of zero.  

Actually the net change is rarely zero, since most radiators are over-capacity
by design (MGs excepted, perhaps). Increasing the flow rate of the coolant
can get more of the radiator up to temperature, which actually increases the
rate of cooling.


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John R. Lupien
lupienj@wal.hp.com


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