"JAY EMRIE" wrote to "ROBERT SAYRE" (12 Jan 03  21:49:00)
 --- on the topic of "HVDC TRANSMISSION LINES"

 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 115xF 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).

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

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

 Mike
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