Re: [MELB TRAM] Buzzing Noise (Xmas Spirits!)

[James Brook <ajmbrook@ozemail.com.au>]

Is this the buzzing noise in the Z class trams? If it's the noise you're
talking about, it isn't very loud!

njpc@ozemail.com.au_NOSPAM wrote:

> Since it's that time of year, ie the Xmas party season:
>
> Some trams have a high-pitched buzzing noise that varies in pitch and
> volume as the tram accelerates and decelerates.  It seems to come from
> one of the overhead compartments and (I guess) is related to engine load
> or something similar.
>
> The point is, you're sitting on the tram in the morning with the mother
> of all hangovers and all you want to do is sit there and sleep, or, at
> least, impersonate a stunned mullet.  Instead, this bloody annoying,
> whining, buzzing noise goes up and down as the tram jerks back and forth
> as the driver stops and starts and I'm thinking, "Will I make it to my
> stop, or do I throw up over the blonde opposite or the suit next to
> me?".  And still that noise goes straight through your head and pierces
> your brain!!
>
> What is it, and what can we do about it, apart from taking to the
> compartment with a sledgie?
>
> Sufferingly,
> Nick.



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