So can someone explain to this Arts student how burning propane results in cool?

Jeff
(not intending to insult fellow Arts students!)

On 2012-08-26, at 4:46 PM, David Beierl wrote:

> At 10:30 AM 8/26/2012, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>> That refrigerator uses 900 btu/hr on maximum setting, it says. A 16.4 oz
>> bottle of propane provides 10,000 btu so the unit would drain a bottle
>> in 11 hours. That's not so good.
> 
> On maximum setting it's a deep freeze.  Lehman's claim .7 lb/day
> typical consumption.
> 
> Yrs,
> d
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