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echo: electronics
to: MIKE ROSS
from: Jasen Betts
date: 2003-01-14 22:05:16
subject: HVDC TRANSMISSION LINES

Hi MIKE.

13-Jan-03 09:02:48, MIKE ROSS wrote to JAY EMRIE

 MR> I think GM has it reversed, LCD's don't work well in the cold.
 MR> They tend to slow to a crawl in freezing weather. Newer outdoor
 MR> displays are either LED or the LCD has a built-in heater behind
 MR> it.

ever left a calculator in the sun... when they get hot LCDs black out,
it's reversible, when they cool down again the still work. Dunno exaclty
how hot, maybe 80øC (I guess it depends on the exact Liquid crystal used -
those strip thermometers are liquid crystal.)


 MR> Mike ****



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