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Date:         Wed, 16 Jul 2003 21:50:43 -0500
Reply-To:     VWNut Hawk <vwnut@HAWKCOMPUTING.COM>
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From:         VWNut Hawk <vwnut@HAWKCOMPUTING.COM>
Subject:      Re: Which direction do you sleep?
Comments: To: napszeerf@YAHOO.COM
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You could cool it with a fan if you have 110 V ac. Blow under the bus until the engine compartment is cool. I'd think most of the heat would be transfered via conduction not radiation so a thin reflective sheet wouldn't help.

>>> "Phil S." <napszeerf@YAHOO.COM> 7/16/2003 9:28:56 PM >>> its not a silly question, Tom, in fact it might help a newbie catch some sleep those 1st nights! i lay My head pointed towards the front to avoid the engine bay radiation....anyone know a remedy for the engine bay heat? better insulation?

Phil 84' Westy Tiico

--- tom ring <taring@TARING.ORG> wrote: > OK, this is a somewhat silly question, but which > direction do you prefer to > sleep on the lower bed? I have used both ways, and > depending on heat, or lack > thereof, I can see some advantages either way. > Convenience getting in or out > is another matter. > > tom > 85 Wolfsburg > > > ------ > Tom Ring K0TAR, ex-WA2PHW EN34hx > taring@taring.org > > "It is better to go into a turn slow, and come out > fast, than to go into a turn > fast > and come out dead." Stirling Moss

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