Not all diesels suffer from idling, only some of them. This effect is called "wet stacking".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_stacking Most of its ill effects can be neutralized by occasionally running the engine at full power. i On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 2:36 PM, andy pugh <[email protected]> wrote: > On 4 February 2011 19:59, Dave <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Idling diesels without a load causes problems sometimes I understand. > > They always have some load, even if it is just internal friction. > > We leave diesel cars idling for hours (and, once, by mistake, over the > weekend) with no ill effects. > > -- > atp > "Torque wrenches are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise > men" > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The modern datacenter depends on network connectivity to access resources > and provide services. The best practices for maximizing a physical server's > connectivity to a physical network are well understood - see how these > rules translate into the virtual world? > http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnlfb > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The modern datacenter depends on network connectivity to access resources and provide services. The best practices for maximizing a physical server's connectivity to a physical network are well understood - see how these rules translate into the virtual world? http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnlfb _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
