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Subject:Re: Pulled out my stock fridge - now my faucet doesn't work...??
From:Rocket J Squirrel
Date:Tue, 8 Sep 2009 09:35:30 -0700

It certainly seems that "water" should be "air," and I'll correct that.

W/r/t the 0.755 vs 0.0755 thing -- your correction makes sense to me, but
Alistair Bell did the math and wrote the sentence so I'll defer to him on
this matter.

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
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On 9/8/2009 8:50 AM mark drillock wrote:

> There seems to be a mistake in the Wiki sentence down below. Shouldn't
> it read "one cubic foot of AIR holds..."?
>
> Also the 0.755 should be .0755
>
>
> "Converting to same unit, 0.755 pounds is about 0.034 kg, so at 50%
> saturation, one cubic foot of water holds (very approx) (0.034 * 7.0 g),
> or, 0.238 g of water."
>
> Mark
>
>
> Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>> Hi Steve,
>>
>> Your point about convenience of front vs. top-loading storage is a good
>> one, even allowing for personal preference. Top-loading storage is goofy.
>>
>> W/r/t the cold air falling out of a front-opening refrigerator, the "How
>> much "cold" is lost when the door is opened?" section of this page might
>> be of interest:
>> http://vanagonwiki.net/index.php/Dometic#How_much_.22cold.22_is_lost_when_the_door_is_opened.3F
>>
>>
>