Dull bus question

[fernado]

The other bus thread prompted this... anyone know why the 176 makes such a blinking racket compared to the others? Especially when going uphill?

[DulwichFox]

I know a 176 Bus Driver.. Lives in East Dulwich.

Will ask him next time I see him . If I remember..

I quess they are just old stock..

DulwichFox

[Burbage]

It's because the bus and the relevant legislation were both badly designed. Most of the noise, which breaks the regulations, comes from the cooling fans at the back which apparently get stuck on full blast thanks to some cack-handed engineering. The solution that the makers found was simply to disconnect the fans on the one they sent for noise testing, so now they've got a certificate that says they hardly make a sound. And that is all that matters.

Both Westminster and Kensingtonandchelsea have been fuming about this for years, but there's apparently nothing that can be done.

[fernado]

Thanks DF and Burbage - very helpful! I think the 40 has the same problem. I shudder every time one wheezes its way up te hill towards The Plough...

[JohnL]

One of the ones going past bottom of Rye lane is the same

Sounds really loud from above.

It'll be one of 37,63,363,343

[ianr]

Here's a 2007 Usenet uk.transport.london post that includes a letter from TfL about Volvo B7TL buses - which I think includes the 176: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/uk.transport.london/YrEmfvSNzCA

[aquarius moon]

So I guess the heating systems in the winter are all associated with age also:

185/484/3/122 warm & cosy

P12/P13/343 comfortable

37 you hope to reach the end of your journey before frostbite sets in!

Don't know about the 176 as I rarely use it.

[Townleygreen]

176 is bl@@dy freezing in winter

[KalamityKel]

aquarius moon Wrote:

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> So I guess the heating systems in the winter are

> all associated with age also:

>

> 185/484/3/122 warm & cosy

>

> P12/P13/343 comfortable

>

> 37 you hope to reach the end of your journey

> before frostbite sets in!

>

> Don't know about the 176 as I rarely use it.

*"185/484/3/122 warm & cosy & really smelly in wet weather"*

[mikeb]

is there really nothing that can be done about this? There is clearly a problem, they are unbelievably loud. 85dB is apparently the same as a tractor cab. I would have said that the buses were more like a road drill >100 dB

http://www.hse.gov.uk/noise/advice.htm

[jctg]

There's no such thing as a "dull bus question".