XPost: alt.home.repair
From: NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com
In alt.home.repair, on Sun, 26 Dec 2021 10:40:23 -0500, knuttle
wrote:
>On 12/25/2021 11:42 PM, Bob F wrote:
>
>>> Are people saying that the sideways pressure of the water forces the
>>> window against its channel and that's why it won't go down?
>>
>> Some are.
>
>It was in the videos so look for them but you can think about it.
>
>You already agree there's about a thousand pounds against the door.
It's not that I doubt this. I just want to understand what's being
said.
Where i go there isn't much chance of getting caught like this. I can't
think of any underpasses that dip below the normal street level. There
are streams that flood, but I don't commute anymore so I probably
wouldn't be out those days.
My brother once drove through some water and damaged his car that way.
Don't know details. maybe he just got the ignition system too wet.
>Why wouldn't there be about a thousand pounds against the window?
>(the actual pressure depends on the area - but go with the idea)
It's not that the pressure would be lower but that a very well made
window would be able to slide down even under pressure, wheels at the
bottom, facing outward, instead of glides or maybe nothing. It's
certainly possible to make a window like that if they tried, but I don't
think they try, and I don't blame them for that, given how rarely it's
an issue, one in 30 million per year?
>Certainly the same pressure per square inch against the door is against the
>windows once the water gets to that level so the question is really what
>happens to your car windows when you force them with appreciable force
>sideways?
>
>I don't know the answer but the expert's suggestion is don't wait until it
>actually happens
I'll get back to you. If I stop posting suddenly, check the weather
here.
>to find that out as these people may very well have done
>this week.
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