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Wannigan/Cooler Build
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Re: Wannigan/Cooler Build
7 AM 8/15 (total elapsed time 64 hours 15 minutes). Still going strong. Internal thermometer 32 (as explained by Dusty and JPG it should stay there until the ice is gone). Overnight low temperature was 68 degrees.
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dusty
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Re: Wannigan/Cooler Build
I have never timed the departure of ice from either of my two coolers but I do believe I would have had nothing but water long ago.
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Re: Wannigan/Cooler Build
Are you draining the water off or leaving it?
I was thinking a calculation on ice melt might be interesting. Weigh the ice that goes in and the water that comes off like every 6 hours would show a good indication of ice loss over time.
Sounds like a science project to me.
Ed
I was thinking a calculation on ice melt might be interesting. Weigh the ice that goes in and the water that comes off like every 6 hours would show a good indication of ice loss over time.
Sounds like a science project to me.
Ed
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Re: Wannigan/Cooler Build
Leaving it. For what it's worth, the Yeti website has a page on ice management that recommends against draining off the melted water.reible wrote:Are you draining the water off or leaving it?
I was thinking a calculation on ice melt might be interesting. Weigh the ice that goes in and the water that comes off like every 6 hours would show a good indication of ice loss over time.
Sounds like a science project to me.
Ed
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Re: Wannigan/Cooler Build
6:45 PM 8/15. Total elapsed time: 76 hours. Still 32 on the inside thermometer. Today's high temperature was 89 degrees.
The melt rate appears to be picking up pace but the beer is sill perfectly chilled!
The melt rate appears to be picking up pace but the beer is sill perfectly chilled!
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Re: Wannigan/Cooler Build
You are approaching 3 days. Very impressive!!!algale wrote:6:45 PM 8/15. Total elapsed time: 64 hours. Still 32 on the inside thermometer. Today's high temperature was 89 degrees.
The melt rate appears to be picking up pace but the beer is sill perfectly chilled!
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Re: Wannigan/Cooler Build
Error in my calculation. It's 76 hours -- more than three days. Correction made in post above.
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BuckeyeDennis
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Re: Wannigan/Cooler Build
The beers seem to be dwindling! Will they even outlast the ice? 
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Those beers are evaporating.BuckeyeDennis wrote:The beers seem to be dwindling! Will they even outlast the ice?
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Re: Wannigan/Cooler Build
The water is likely near 32 and does not change when it is opened(hence the do not drain advice).
It should stay near 32 until almost the last chunk of ice is melted.
That last chuck will melt quite quickly I predict. The available 'heat of fusion' will diminish quickly with the decreasing mass.
It should stay near 32 until almost the last chunk of ice is melted.
That last chuck will melt quite quickly I predict. The available 'heat of fusion' will diminish quickly with the decreasing mass.
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