Who has an ice chest that keeps ice for a day or longer in the summer heat?

[tomtucson]

Here's something really strange. We had a standard gray Walmart cooler that we could take to the lake out here and ice would stay in it all day in temps up to 120 degrees.

Yet, we used that same cooler and kept it in the trunk of the car on our trip across the states in 2011 and once we passed the middle of Texas we couldn't keep ice in that thing more than a few hours. The temperatures were actually cooler as we went east, but the ice melted faster. By the time we got to Florida we just about gave up and quit buying ice altogether.

Maybe you guys have that union ice down south that only works for a while then quits due to some regulation or something.

I wonder why that happened?

Humidity! You crack a bottle open here it stays cold, you get one by the ocean and its warm by the time you finish it.

 

[Tony Shelton]

Humidity! You crack a bottle open here it stays cold, you get one by the ocean and its warm by the time you finish it.

I am sure you are right.

I wonder why. And how can humidity affect the inside of a cooler?

Sounds like a mythbusters challenge.

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[Ron Musgraves]

I am sure you are right.

I wonder why. And how can humidity affect the inside of a cooler?

Sounds like a mythbusters challenge.

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Simple the outside sweats breaking the Thermal barrier.

Pick up a hot pan with a wet rag, the energy disburses quickly right through the rag when wet.



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[Tony Shelton]

Simple the outside sweats breaking the Thermal barrier.

Pick up a hot pan with a wet rag, the energy disburses quickly right through the rag when wet.



Text me for info on Milwaukee event. 480-522-5227

Ron and Scott, they don't just bust garage cleaning myths.

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[Flipper]

My Yeti cooler will keep beer on ice for up to six days.

 

[Scott Stone]

Moist air transfers heat, or the absence of heat better. That is why in more humid areas, such as coastal areas, a pressure washing contractor will generate more steam. It has nothing to do with how hot the water is past a certain point, in relation to humidity.

 

[Christopher]

That was a good one Tony! Garage cleaning myths. hahahahahahaha

 

[Christopher]

That is a good point as we always have high humidity all year long so maybe that is a big factor in the Union Ice issue, maybe the humidity is like a Union Rep? Always around, never working, just getting in the way and making things worse. hahahahaha

 

[tomtucson]

Latent heat. Much energy, especially for water, is required for a phase change - gas to liquid to solid. Evaporation = cooling, condensation = warming. That condensation water had to be cooled - by your beer bottle. Just a guess, probably some other factors too.