"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"Tim" wrote in message
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Did you ever wonder why the heater fan in your car operates from low-
medium-high, while a typical box window fan operates from High-medium-
low?

I was just thinking about that.

hmm....

Oh yeah, I never figured out how 8 "bits" could equal $1.00 either...



We will all try to put your mind at ease:

With the fans, the car is a DC motor and the window is AC. Starting
torque is different.
As for the bits ..... isn't 2 "bits" a quarter?

Eisboch

And the reason for it being called 2 "bits" according to Wikipedia is:

"It is sometimes referred to as two bits because two bits of a Spanish
Reales coin, which was often used in the early years of the United States,
made up a quarter of a dollar's value"

Tom G