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   Michael Trew to micky   
   Re: Does the car heater heat your leg?   
   17 Jan 23 15:20:20   
   
   XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: michael.trew@att.net   
      
   On 1/12/2023 19:04, micky wrote:   
   >   
   > In the 70's? or 80's or 00's? some designers started sending hot water   
   > to the core all the time and using an air blend door to determine if   
   > cold/room temp air came out of the vents or if warm/hot air did.   
   >   
   > But what about people who live where it's never cold?   South Florida?   
   > Panama, Ecuador, Hawaii, French Equatorial Africa.   Do the cars there   
   > have a hot heater core only 6 inches from inside legs of the driver and   
   > passenger?   Doesn't that annoy them?   
      
   Until the 60's, everything was an option... even a heater was an option   
   in some cars.  It's been standard in all cars for a long time, and I   
   imagine that carpeting and modern insulation take care of the issues   
   with the heater core which you are suggesting.   
      
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