On Aug 8, 2:16*am, "Tom G" wrote:
"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



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Now you ruined it for Harry. He's the google master. He'll google it,
then come here and act like he had knowledge of it prior to googling.

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On Aug 8, 1:01 am, "Eisboch" wrote:
"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

But you can take a window fan and set it on "low" , plug it in, and it
starts up jjust fine, though...

True, but it's not particularly good for the motor. Ideally, it should
start up on "high" to give max torque using all the windings of the motor.
Then, it can be turned down. Not a big deal though ... most fans can
handle it. I forget the mechanical stuff, but it takes something like 3
times the amount of power to get something in motion than it does to
maintain that motion.

Eisboch

On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 08:10:49 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Tim" wrote in message
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On Aug 8, 1:01 am, "Eisboch" wrote:
"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?

But you can take a window fan and set it on "low" , plug it in, and it
starts up jjust fine, though...

True, but it's not particularly good for the motor. Ideally, it should
start up on "high" to give max torque using all the windings of the motor.
Then, it can be turned down. Not a big deal though ... most fans can
handle it. I forget the mechanical stuff, but it takes something like 3
times the amount of power to get something in motion than it does to
maintain that motion.

Newton's Laws of Motion: force is redundant and subordinate to the
conservation of momentum.

Ipso facto, quid pro quo, illegitimi non carborundum. Carpe Diem. :)

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 08:10:49 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Tim" wrote in message
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On Aug 8, 1:01 am, "Eisboch" wrote:
"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?

But you can take a window fan and set it on "low" , plug it in, and it
starts up jjust fine, though...

True, but it's not particularly good for the motor. Ideally, it should
start up on "high" to give max torque using all the windings of the motor.
Then, it can be turned down. Not a big deal though ... most fans can
handle it. I forget the mechanical stuff, but it takes something like 3
times the amount of power to get something in motion than it does to
maintain that motion.

Newton's Laws of Motion: force is redundant and subordinate to the
conservation of momentum.

Ipso facto, quid pro quo, illegitimi non carborundum. Carpe Diem. :)

Burma Shave....

On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 08:25:12 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 08:10:49 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Tim" wrote in message
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On Aug 8, 1:01 am, "Eisboch" wrote:
"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?

But you can take a window fan and set it on "low" , plug it in, and it
starts up jjust fine, though...

True, but it's not particularly good for the motor. Ideally, it should
start up on "high" to give max torque using all the windings of the motor.
Then, it can be turned down. Not a big deal though ... most fans can
handle it. I forget the mechanical stuff, but it takes something like 3
times the amount of power to get something in motion than it does to
maintain that motion.

Newton's Laws of Motion: force is redundant and subordinate to the
conservation of momentum.

Ipso facto, quid pro quo, illegitimi non carborundum. Carpe Diem. :)

Burma Shave....

ROTFL!!!!

Damn - why am I feeling particularly briliant this morning?

Must be the coffee.... :)

On Aug 8, 7:10 am, "Eisboch" wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message

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On Aug 8, 1:01 am, "Eisboch" wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message

...

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

But you can take a window fan and set it on "low" , plug it in, and it
starts up jjust fine, though...

True, but it's not particularly good for the motor.
Eisboch


But, Richard, we're talking about a cheap box fan, here....

On Aug 8, 7:27 am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 08:25:12 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 08:10:49 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

"Tim" wrote in message
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On Aug 8, 1:01 am, "Eisboch" wrote:
"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?

But you can take a window fan and set it on "low" , plug it in, and it
starts up jjust fine, though...

True, but it's not particularly good for the motor. Ideally, it should
start up on "high" to give max torque using all the windings of the motor.
Then, it can be turned down. Not a big deal though ... most fans can
handle it. I forget the mechanical stuff, but it takes something like 3
times the amount of power to get something in motion than it does to
maintain that motion.

Newton's Laws of Motion: force is redundant and subordinate to the
conservation of momentum.

Ipso facto, quid pro quo, illegitimi non carborundum. Carpe Diem. :)

Burma Shave....

ROTFL!!!!

Damn - why am I feeling particularly briliant this morning?

Must be the coffee.... :)

Did you get your million -peso's worth?

On Aug 8, 7:25 am, "D.Duck" wrote:
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On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 08:10:49 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

"Tim" wrote in message
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On Aug 8, 1:01 am, "Eisboch" wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message

...

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?

But you can take a window fan and set it on "low" , plug it in, and it
starts up jjust fine, though...

True, but it's not particularly good for the motor. Ideally, it should
start up on "high" to give max torque using all the windings of the motor.
Then, it can be turned down. Not a big deal though ... most fans can
handle it. I forget the mechanical stuff, but it takes something like 3
times the amount of power to get something in motion than it does to
maintain that motion.

Newton's Laws of Motion: force is redundant and subordinate to the
conservation of momentum.

Ipso facto, quid pro quo, illegitimi non carborundum. Carpe Diem. :)

Burma Shave....

Chilli Con Carne'

"Tom G" wrote in message
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"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




How did we ever survive without Wiki?

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 08:25:12 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 08:10:49 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Tim" wrote in message
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On Aug 8, 1:01 am, "Eisboch" wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message

...

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?

But you can take a window fan and set it on "low" , plug it in, and it
starts up jjust fine, though...

True, but it's not particularly good for the motor. Ideally, it should
start up on "high" to give max torque using all the windings of the
motor.
Then, it can be turned down. Not a big deal though ... most fans can
handle it. I forget the mechanical stuff, but it takes something like
3
times the amount of power to get something in motion than it does to
maintain that motion.

Newton's Laws of Motion: force is redundant and subordinate to the
conservation of momentum.

Ipso facto, quid pro quo, illegitimi non carborundum. Carpe Diem. :)

Burma Shave....

ROTFL!!!!

Damn - why am I feeling particularly briliant this morning?

Must be the coffee.... :)

Could it be that you were recently anointed temporary Lord of the Realm?