Say..........
Are you using a cell phone, plugged into a cigarette lighter, on a
positive ground car?
I thought that this would work, but didn't have the guts to risk the
phone to find out.
Did you have to do anything special?
Randy Kegg
1958 MGA
1966 Morris Traveller
1964 Porsche 356C
On Fri, 31 Jan 1997 18:00:37 -0500 Geoff Love <engconn@infi.net> writes:
>Leckstein wrote:
>>
>> My TF has a cigarette lighter (hidden to connect the cell phone
>adapter)
>> but its positive ground. Since the polarity is reversed, will the
>heater
>> work as an air conditioner.?
>>
>> Since the Smiths heater in the car blows the cold air around in the
>winter,
>> and hot air in the summer, maybe I need this electric heater / air
>> conditioner, or does everyone advise warm clothing.
>> ....SNIP....
>>
>> Mike
>
>Mike: I do not think that you are correct in thinking that if the
>polarity has been reversed, the heater will work as an air
>conditioning
>unit. After some considerable pondering of this connundrum, I feel
>confident in stating that the heater's fan will work in the reverse
>direction, thereby sucking OUT of the cockpit all the hot air which is
>being generated at the time. Considering the amount of hot air which
>is
>probably available in the cockpit, particularly if the two occupants
>happen to be fisherpersons, sports fans of any particular persuasion,
>or
>TV commentators discussing the Simpson cases, (as well as MG
>enthusiasts, of course), this will impose an extremely heavy load on
>the battery, and I now refer you to the threads concerning electric
>heaters etc., recently running on this channel.
>
>Geoff Love, The English Connection.
>
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