[AT] Carburetor Icing (Off Topic) and last post, I hope
Larry D Goss
rlgoss at evansville.net
Mon Dec 10 19:24:42 PST 2007
Humm. I didn't see it, Gene. That could mean any number of things
1) you didn't write it
2) it got short circuited along the way
3) I accidentally erased it
4) I've slept since then
Any combination of the above could have happened. Number 4 is the most
likely explanation. :-)
Larry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene Dotson" <gdotsly at watchtv.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Carburetor Icing (Off Topic) and last post, I hope
> Larry;
> This is a good observation and is an example of evaporative cooling. I
> posted this in one of my previous posts. Didn't get any responses to that
> post, so don't know if nobody read it, or if it just didn't jive with
> their
> preconcieved notions.
>
> Gene
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Larry D Goss" <rlgoss at evansville.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 2:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Carburetor Icing (Off Topic) and last post, I hope
>
>
>> It's interesting that you should mention that, George, because there are
>> times when I empty a gas tank into an open steel pan, and the vapor
>> pressure
>> of the gasoline is low enough that with the wind blowing across the top
>> of
>> the pan, the gas cools off and condensate forms on the outside of the pan
>> from moisture out of the air. I probably shouldn't have mentioned this
>> because it will be used as an example of wind chill. The fact that you
>> are
>> talking about closed vessels where the vapor pressure equalizes will also
>> be
>> overlooked. :-)
>>
>> I'm sorry to make "just one more post." The devil made me do it.
>>
>> Larry
>
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