> A couple of times in the last week I've caught an 8. �Both times the
> heating has been on full blast.
>
> Is there something up with buses they are using that makes this
> impossible to control?

> On Aug 7, 6:33?pm, MIG doreenbird.co.uk> wrote:

>> A couple of times in the last week I've caught an 8. ?Both times the
>> heating has been on full blast.
>>
>> Is there something up with buses they are using that makes this
>> impossible to control?

>
> Exactly the same with the buses I use most regularly: 28, 295 and 211.
>
> I had just assumed it was the sadistic attitude of the drivers
> concerned, but perhaps there is another reason!

>A couple of times in the last week I've caught an 8. Both times the
>heating has been on full blast.
>
>Is there something up with buses they are using that makes this
>impossible to control?

> On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 10:33:15 -0700 (PDT), MIG
> doreenbird.co.uk> wrote:
>

>> A couple of times in the last week I've caught an 8. Both times the
>> heating has been on full blast.
>>
>> Is there something up with buses they are using that makes this
>> impossible to control?

>
> The simple - but bizarre - answer is the heater controls are in the
> engine at the back and can't be controlled by the driver. They are
> only adjustable by engineers and obviously only when the engine is not
> scalding hot itself. This is the explanation I've read on another
> group recently.

> Mait...@aol.com wrote:

>> On Aug 7, 6:33?pm, MIG doreenbird.co.uk> wrote:

>>> A couple of times in the last week I've caught an 8. ?Both times the
>>> heating has been on full blast.

>

>>> Is there something up with buses they are using that makes this
>>> impossible to control?

>

>> Exactly the same with the buses I use most regularly: 28, 295 and 211.

>

>> I had just assumed it was the sadistic attitude of the drivers
>> concerned, but perhaps there is another reason!

>
> Why don't you ask the driver to turn it off?  Perhaps he isn't aware that
> the heating is on.
>
> Personally I've always assumed that a hot bus in summer meant that the
> exteremly basic ventilation can't cope with the solar gain through the
> windows.  Indeed I'm not sure how buses are heated these days, e.g. whether ...

> Paul Corfield wrote:

>> On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 10:33:15 -0700 (PDT), MIG
>> doreenbird.co.uk> wrote:
>>

>>> A couple of times in the last week I've caught an 8. Both times the
>>> heating has been on full blast.
>>>
>>> Is there something up with buses they are using that makes this
>>> impossible to control?

>> The simple - but bizarre - answer is the heater controls are in the
>> engine at the back and can't be controlled by the driver. They are
>> only adjustable by engineers and obviously only when the engine is not
>> scalding hot itself. This is the explanation I've read on another
>> group recently.

>
> That's such a bizarre design that I'm not sure I believe it, but there's
> still no excuse for not getting the engineers to turn off the heating on the
> whole fleet in, say, May.

> Richard J. wrote:

>> Paul Corfield wrote:

>>> On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 10:33:15 -0700 (PDT), MIG
>>> doreenbird.co.uk> wrote:
>>>

>>>> A couple of times in the last week I've caught an 8. Both times
>>>> the heating has been on full blast.
>>>>
>>>> Is there something up with buses they are using that makes this
>>>> impossible to control?

>>> The simple - but bizarre - answer is the heater controls are in the
>>> engine at the back and can't be controlled by the driver. They are
>>> only adjustable by engineers and obviously only when the engine is
>>> not scalding hot itself. This is the explanation I've read on
>>> another group recently.

>>
>> That's such a bizarre design that I'm not sure I believe it, but
>> there's still no excuse for not getting the engineers to turn off
>> the heating on the whole fleet in, say, May. ...