Re: Fuel efficiency

["Bernard G. Cleyet & Nancy Ann Seese" <georgeann@REDSHIFT.COM>]

Panzers to Neil!

Yes, I suspect so.  The functions are the same.

bc

P.s. The co. was SpaceKom; sold, I think, to Zemco.

NEIL D ADAMS wrote:

> I have a 1987 Cadillac with a mpg meter.  It can be switched back and forth from instanteous mpg, to average mpg, to fuel used since last being reset, to the expected range.  A friends corvette, don't
> know the year, also has the same features.  Don't know if this is a descendant of the one described below, but the idea is in the market.
> Neil Adams
> Paducah Community College
>
> "Bernard G. Cleyet & Nancy Ann Seese" wrote:
>
> > Back in the 60's a Santa Barbara (CA) co. mfg'd an mpg computer. It was, obviously, an odometer divided by a flow meter.  One of the partners told me they were selling it to GM for their high end
> > autos.  Anyone ever see one in a car? He gave me one which I never had the time to install.  Their first model was just a mechanical flow meter, which I did install in my VW bug.  The flow meter was a
> > ball in a circular pipe that interrupted a 6 V. lamp's beam. The photo cell's output drove a mechanical counter.
> >
> > bc
> >
> > The same people mfg'd the D & R turntable (very high end) and one of them was involved in a high custom feed back system that included the speakers. They made only a few of them, including one that
> > was a big hit at the national consumer electronics show that year.  I could hear the difference when it was toggled!
> >
> > "Shapiro, Mark" wrote:
> >
> > > Consumers Reports lists fuel efficiency for new passenger vehicles in its
> > > annual automobile issue.  However, fuel efficiency figures can be misleading
> > > since usually only "miles per gallon" are reported.  The important figure is
> > > "passenger miles per gallon".  Using this measure trains and buses are far
> > > more efficient than passenger cars even though a passenger train may burn a
> > > gallon of diesel fuel per mile.
> > >
> > > Mark Shapiro
> > > http://www.IrascibleProfessor.com
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Rick Tarara [mailto:rtarara@SAINTMARYS.EDU]
> > > Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 8:31 AM
> > > To: PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu
> > > Subject: Re: Fuel efficiency
> > >
> > > You might try searching at:
> > >
> > > http://www.eia.doe.gov/
> > >
> > > I tried "fuel efficiency" as a search parameter and got several pages of
> > > 'hits'.  Didn't immediately find what you want, but didn't look beyond the
> > > first page of references.
> > >
> > > Rick
> > >
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> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Lemmerhirt, Fred" <FLemmerhirt@MAIL.WCC.CC.IL.US>
> > > To: <PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu>
> > > Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 9:38 AM
> > > Subject: Fuel efficiency
> > >
> > > > > From following earlier discussions, I know that some of you are well
> > > > informed about "transportation physics".  Does anyone know a good source
> > > for
> > > > fuel efficiency versus speed data for various types of vehicles, in either
> > > > tabular or graphical form?
> > > > ______________________________________
> > > > Fred Lemmerhirt
> > > > Waubonsee Community College
> > > > Sugar Grove, Illinois
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