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echo: electronics
to: ROBERT SAYRE
from: JAY EMRIE
date: 2003-01-12 21:49:00
subject: HVDC TRANSMISSION LINES

RS>GW> The second LCD display on my car radio has failed already, and the car
RS>GW> is only about 8 years old... The exterior temperature sensor only
RS>GW> lasts 2 to 3 years...

RS>GM> I know the LCDs don't like extremely high temperatures such as we
RS>GM> get inside a car in summer in Australia, but is that a problem
RS>GM> where you are?

RS> We have summer temps over 115øF for weeks at a
RS>time OUTSIDE the car. My car has an LCD dash and
RS>hasn't had a problem with this (yet).

The temperature on my dash gets over 130 degrees an a hot
summer day. When I was in Nevada last July, the outside
temp. was 120 IN the shade - dash temp would have been
considerably higher.

Jay
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