Date:         Fri, 11 May 2007 05:42:50 -0700
Reply-To:     Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: propane explosion
Comments: To: John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
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Makes perfects sense. A scientific explanation for what on the surface
appears to be pure evil.
--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR



John Bange typed:
>> ... that runs on batteries and doesn't decide
>> to wake you up in the middle of the night, squalling for a new battery?
>>
>>
> After years of wondering aloud why batteries in smoke detectors, pagers,
> and
> other beepy squawky things always seem to go bad between 1am and 3am, my
> father (an electrical engineer) happened to be around  when I was grumbling
> over my pager and provided the likely answer. Batteries  produce
> electricity
> via chemical reaction.  As anyone who's ever tried to start a car in winter
> knows, that chemistry works better at warmer temperatures. As the night
> wears on, the temperature drops. Thus it is proven, batteries wait till 3am
> because they know you're asleep and want you to suffer.
>
> --
> John Bange
> '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
>