> There's just that minor problem with the snow melted by the E1938A. That was mostly in jest, but on the other hand, if you want a stable temperature snow can be a useful tool.
It often comes in large quantities. A E1938A isn't going to melt many cubic meters per day. Snow is often a very good insulator. Toss a couple of shovels full on top to avoid the sun or cold night sky. I doubt if would useful for a long term solution, but it might work for a run that's only a week or two. > Snow is stable at its transition temperature. Below that, it varies > with the ambient temperature. Snow temperatures in Greenland are > often near -40 degrees. Yup. I was thinking of not-crazy temperatures where the unit you are trying to keep at a stable temperature would warm the snow up to melting. I'm not sure what would happen if the ambient temperature is super cold. After a while you would have a big block of ice. Ice conducts much better than snow. I can't do the math, but I'll bet for a given ambient temperature (assuming an infinite block of ice) there is some amount of heat the unit would have to put out to keep its puddle from freezing. -- These are my opinions, not necessarily my employer's. I hate spam. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
