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Date:         Thu, 20 Jan 2000 01:25:25 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
Subject:      Re: Heating up a motor
Comments: To: Mike Miller <mwm@LANSET.COM>
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At 10:03 PM 1/19/00 -0800, Mike Miller wrote:
>I don't think wind cools it down unless it's sweating [i.e. 'wind chill'
>only applies to living things or things with liquid to evaporate] but I
>could be wrong.  Please let me know.


Moving air will cool metal objects faster than still air, but the final
temperature is the same.  The wind chill factor is a calculated
approximation of heat loss from exposed flesh at a given temperature and
wind speed.


david
David Beierl - Providence, RI
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