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Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 8/7/2024 (self.newzealand)
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Last weeks thread here

Welcome to this week’s casual kōrero thread!

This post will be pinned in this community so you can always find it, and will stay for about a week until replaced by the next one.

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[–] Ozymati 3 points 4 months ago (10 children)

The annual fucking of Wellington commuter trains by icy overhead lines has begun. If only there was some kind of power source nearby that could be tapped into and used to deice the lines...

[–] thevoyagekayaking 3 points 4 months ago (7 children)

Other options are a deicing spray, like what is used on aircraft, both at airports and in flight, or some type of heater that has a heating element directly on the wire.

Turning an old unit into a deicing train wouldn't be massively difficult, I would think.

[–] Ozymati 2 points 4 months ago

I'd love to write the business case for a deicing unit.

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