Can you turn the saloon ventilation off from MITRAC on a 379, like you can on a 377?
I haven't had a play on a Cl377 so it's impossible to say whether or not it's the same as a Cl379. However, yes there are options to turn the saloon or cab "dampers" (fans...? A/C...?) on and off, but that is all we can do. But even then they simply reset themselves after about 5 minutes. There may be more options on the fitters login, but not on a drivers login.
Cab environment is much easier: open the windows. Then get annoyed by the rattling of the door from the cab to the saloon and close the windows again.
Ha ha!! You are joking, aren't you...?
I did this the other day when the A/C went sick on a Cl379. Both droplights in the fully open position generated an increase in noise, only marginally improved ventilation and no appreciable lowering of the cab temperature.
Try that on a Cl317 and it's like sitting in a wind tunnel while being deafened by the rattling doors, ceiling panels, light fittings, windows and anything else that wobbles. Oh, and if you don't lock the hinged cab door behind you, that will blow open with huge force (sometimes this can happen even if they ARE locked) slamming into the doorframe right next to you. Drivers who have been foolhardy enough to rest their hands on this doorframe have had fingers broken.
Southern have put labels on all the 377 toilet doors now: 'If there are any defects with this toilet etc etc please phone [number] or email [address] quoting [carriage number]', something like that. Good idea I think.
We've had something similar on Cl317 bogs for a while also, but I don't know if anyone has ever used the number to report an issue. Most of the time the punters just moan among themselves and only rarely mention it to me.
O L Leigh