Just looking over another jap car forum and i saw this....
that is unusual, A silent knight manhole cover in the footpath, very odd
Well acording to Alex the guy who owns the blue REX, And i quote ...."the owner is a copper and is a complete "moving hand" "
i did laugh at the "moving hand" comment.
I presume the snow doesn't tend to settle on these due to the...ahm...heat emitting processes that happen down there?Originally Posted by PSB
I thought that too Steve, there is a newer piece of pavement which hasn't got any snow on it running all the way down the street, I guessed that too was due to the heat from below.
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Someone left their snowboard on their boot.. ???
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looks that way... i best let him know its a bit bent! lolSomeone left their snowboard on their boot.. ???
erm yeh sort of, its actually nothing to do with a process, but more to do with what is flowing down there, most house hold waste water is warm due to one reason or another. useless fact of the day is that most sewers maintain around 14 degrees C all year round.
Steve, if its a scar in the road then its probably not the sewer but something like a HV cable which give off a lot of heat.
Ah right, it did look odd.
it's possible its a sewer but it would have to be very shallow to have that much effect.
No I think you're right, it's definately a scar that goes the length of the road, but on the pavement. It's only about a foot wide, sewers would be bigger than that wouldn't they?
varies on the depth, but generally yes
could also be one of our BT ones
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do they generate much heat?
14 deg! what a waste of heat!
I bet the bacteria love it down there then: plentiful food supply, oxygen and reasonably warm.
And yeah the HT cables are amazing: have a look at the road around your local substation, and you can usually see where the primary feeds are LOL!
Apparently they aren't mean to go get as warm as they sometimes do?
yeh, but hey imagine the cost of trying to harness that heat?14 deg! what a waste of heat!
I bet the bacteria love it down there then: plentiful food supply, oxygen and reasonably warm.
And yeah the HT cables are amazing: have a look at the road around your local substation, and you can usually see where the primary feeds are LOL!
Apparently they aren't mean to go get as warm as they sometimes do?
yeh the bugs must think its fantastic, especially judging by the amount of poisonous gas they give off
HV cables are nasty, my work mate sat near the main sub station in Corby and watched the foot path explode in 7 or 8 different places one night when the hv cable beneath it decided it wanted a change of scenery
Ah indeed, yes, I've watched the tarmac warm up and bubble when there has been a short elsewhere. It's quite humbling how many watts can be delivered at those voltage / current combinations.
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