Re: multi-glazed windows on Tangaras and other trains.

["Eric Cartman" <erkemail@yahoo.com>]

Jane

Maybe he should have completed a Hornsby circle with you. Then let's see his
opinion change quick smart. Did he actually enter your cabin?

Eric
www.erk.au.com

He had a laptop with some leads attached to
>the unit and it did some testing and off he went.  He worked his way to the
>back of the train and I asked him to fix the air-conditioning in my cab
>because it was obviously defective (I was a sweating mess and there was no
>circulating air to be found anywhere).  He plugged in his computer outside
>my door and then professed that there was in fact no problem with the
>air-conditioning and that it was working fine.  I just rolled my eyes and
he
>left.  I find it interesting to note also, that on that run I did (a
Hornsby
>circle) I had a lady come and complain about the heat in the carriage.
>
>Regards
>
>Jane
>
>p.s. perhaps he's not "qualified" to fix it, just diagnose?
>C. Dewick <craigd@lios.apana.org.au> wrote in message
>810nfd$nhj$1@lios.apana.org.au">news:810nfd$nhj$1@lios.apana.org.au...
>> In <01bab4df$aa904c00$ed0565cb@tom-boles> "Jonathan Boles"
><mousewithglasses@hotmail.com> writes:
>>
>> >yeah, that reminds me, why do thos windows have double glazing? is it
>some
>> >kind of rooted attempt at soundproofing?
>>
>> Yes, that's one reason, but the others are:
>>
>>  - makes the air conditioning more efficient.
>>
>>  - reduces the UV component of sunlight which makes the light from the
>>    outside slightly better on the eyes.
>>
>>  - provides better passenger safety from objects thrown at the trains.
>>
>> The multi-glazed windows provide excellent soundproofing for external
>> sounds, but the major interior noise problems in Tangara's result from
the
>> static inverters above our cabs, and also from airconditioning units
which
>> are faulty.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Craig.
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