[AT] 430V Freeze plug

[Indiana Robinson]

I once read that the term was part of a early car maker sales gimmick... So
far I have found nothing to support that but it sounds like something they
would do.  :-)


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On Mon, Feb 3, 2020, 2:33 AM Thomas Martin <tmartin at xtra.co.nz> wrote:

> But the condenser came first, then *Capacitor* replaced the term
> condenser (coined by Alessandro Volta in 1782) to disambiguate it from
> steam condenser. The coiner is unknown but the change was recommended in
> 1926 by British Standard Glossary of Terms in Electrical Engineering.
>
>
> Tom
>
> On 03 February 2020 at 15:39 Howard Pletcher <hrpletch at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I suspect the freeze plug term originated about the time a Model T first
> froze up, whether that one protected the block or not and to people not
> having a clue about how blocks were made, the term seemed to make sense and
> it has stuck for 100 years.  Not unlike the capacitor in your ignition
> system that everyone calls a condenser.
>
> Howard
>
> On Sun, Feb 2, 2020 at 8:57 PM Stephen Offiler < soffiler at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> I tend to agree with Thomas that the true purpose of the plugs is related
> to the cores used in the sand casting process; but I have to wonder - where
> did the term "freeze plug" come from?  The proper terminology, based on the
> online parts outfits like Napaonline and Rock Auto, seems to be "expansion
> plug". That strikes me as pretty close to "freeze".  On the other hand,
> every cracked block I've ever seen was equipped with plugs, which does not
> speak highly of their effectiveness to protect from freezing damage.  It
> strikes me that the term "freeze plug" perpetuates a myth.
>
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