| Re: Bus Heating in Summer |
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Group: uk.transport.london · Group Profile
Author: Richard J.Richard J. Date: Aug 7, 2008 16:16
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.
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>> Is there something up with buses they are using that makes this
>> impossible to control?
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> 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.
(to email me, swap 'uk' and 'yon' in address)
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