Old-Raptor-guy
FRF Addict
It is hard for my new guys to grasp refrigeration. I think because they don't teach (or the ********* did not pay attention) what I was taught in school. That heat is energy and that energy can not be destroyed it can only be changed or modified.I did not know this!
good info an explanation, thanks.
Finally, some more sciencey stuff.
I try this explanation and honestly it only works on about 25% of those under 25.
You take water at room temperature and then put it in the freezer. The water has to release some energy (heat, it blows their ever loving mind that room temp water has any heat, let alone energy)
To then melt that ice the water has to absorb energy (heat)
That is the basics of all refrigeration, even a swamp cooler and even putting ice in a cooler.
You put water in a freezer, the water released energy that was then removed from the freezer by the evaporator and compressor to the condenser on the back or underneath the refrigerator that was then released into the air.
Then you put ice into a cooler that absorbs heat energy from your beer, as it turns back into a liquid.
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