Wow, that is cold! Where is 'here'?
-Mickey
----- Original Message -----
From: "Josh Lohuis" <josh1@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 7:43 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Winder II experiment OT
> -30C isn't that cold. Last night it was -42C with the wind (not much wind
> too). Today it was -28C with 50cm of snow overnight and 50cm more
expected
> to fall before morning. I love it out here!!
>
> JOSH
>
> (As I shovel the path, it just fills with snow again. I have given up.)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John A. Lind" <jlind@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 12:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] Winder II experiment
>
>
> > At 18:33 3/3/02, Ian Manners wrote:
> > >Hi John
> > >
> > > >Just out of curiosity, what is the low temperature rating for these
> greases
> > > >if you happen to have this data? Of interest is the low temperature
at
> > > >which the grease would stiffen to a point of impeding the winder.
Some
> of
> > >
> > >I dont know how to convert to F but here is what I found by placing
> > >a winder, and the oil and grease in the freezer ( -30 degrees C)
> >
> > [test method snipped out]
> >
> > >Using the winder straight out of the freezer is miles ahead better
> > >than it was before a cleaned and lubbed it :-)
> >
> > [observations about the grease snipped out]
> >
> > -30C is -86F. This more than answered my question. Neither man nor
beast
> > should be out in that cold. If it survived that, it should work on a
> > Himalyan trek in winter. Maybe not the batteries, but at least the
winder
> > would if power is wired to it.
> >
> > You really have a freezer that cold?
> > I'm surprised your hand didn't stick to the winder :-)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -- John
> >
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