Re: [Phys-l] real-world problem and other questions about Car Talk

[Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>]

I suspected not enuf change in resistance, but calc'd and find quite reasonable.  The starter on oldies is bolted to a frame, as part of the engine case, so reasonable conductive path from the cylinders.  So a 50 C change is not unreasonable, which results in an ~ 20% change in Cu resistivity.

[3.9 E-3 /C]


On 2011, Feb 05, , at 01:40, Bob Sciamanda wrote:

> ?From Jan 1994 Car Talk:
>
> http://www.cartalk.com/content/columns/Archive/1994/January/03.html
>
> -Bo