Re: Colors under the hood (air box busted)

[Huw Powell <human@nh.ultranet.com>]

> Painting things black to absorb/radiate heat sounds neat. But, once you
> close the hood there is no light so isn't everything black? Won't heat
> transfer depend more on the actual type of paint and thickness of paint?
> I'm really not a science guy so I just keep every thing clean and avoid
> chrome parts.

The light under the hood is infrared (= heat radiation)... the "color"
of the object is more meaningful when this is considered, ie does it
absorb or reflect IR?

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