RE: OIL/WATER COOLER

["Steve Bigelow" <sbigelow@sprint.ca>]

>Avi Meron curiously wrote...
>
>>The coolant temp. also never drops below freezing........
>
>Huh?
>My car sits outside overnight and it is -30C.
>Q: What temperature is the coolant?...and the oil?....and the seats?
(eek!)
>
>Wasn't there a discussion a while ago that the best heat transfer was with
>the largest delta t?
>


>I believe Avi meant that oil coolant never drops below _its_ freezing
>point. However maybe in some parts of Canada....?

>Phil Rose
		
So if the coolants' freezing point is -50, and the outside temperature is
-100, are you saying the coolant will remain at -50? 

Neato! 

What's keeping it from getting as cold as its surrounding? 
Does this happen to all materials? 
Does *everything* stay at the temperature that it becomes a solid at?

*COOL*.........

keep smiling, all........

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