Date:         Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:28:31 -0700
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From:         Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: insulated window blanket prototype
Comments: To: neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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Hey Neil, no flies on you, yes the poles were labelled. Actually came with a red dot on one face. As you look at the pad from inside the van, the left top and bottom, and centre top and bottom have same poles facing out. The centre magnets are actually off centre a bit to account for fold. The right most magnets top and bottom have the opposite poles facing out. This means the right hand edge of the pad can be folded back to either the centre magnets, or the left most magnets.

Doing it this way is a little cooler I think, than not bothering with polarity. It is a nice action, the magnets grab each other, locate each other dead on.

alistair




On 2013-03-10, at 8:46 PM, neil, n wrote:

> Very nice.
> 
> Seems like ( ha ha ha. "seems like") your wife sewed the magnets in a
> perimeter seam.
> 
> I like how it folds and holds on itself. You must've spent quality
> time labelling North and South of each magnet.   :)
> 
> Neil.
> 
> On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 8:04 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
>> My wife sewed up a insulated window blanket today - I had an idea, I got the material, she did the hard work. It turned out pretty nicely, I like it better than the commercially available Just Kampers version
>> 
>> http://shufti.wordpress.com/2013/03/10/vanagon-insulated-window-blanket-prototype/
>> 
>> 
>> alistair
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Neil n
> 
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