It certainly seems that "water" should be "air," and I'll correct that. W/r/t the 0.755 vs 0.0755 thing -- your correction makes sense to me, but Alistair Bell did the math and wrote the sentence so I'll defer to him on this matter. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano Bend, OR KG6RCR
On 9/8/2009 8:50 AM mark drillock wrote: > There seems to be a mistake in the Wiki sentence down below. Shouldn't > it read "one cubic foot of AIR holds..."? > > Also the 0.755 should be .0755 > > > "Converting to same unit, 0.755 pounds is about 0.034 kg, so at 50% > saturation, one cubic foot of water holds (very approx) (0.034 * 7.0 g), > or, 0.238 g of water." > > Mark > > > Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >> Hi Steve, >> >> Your point about convenience of front vs. top-loading storage is a good >> one, even allowing for personal preference. Top-loading storage is goofy. >> >> W/r/t the cold air falling out of a front-opening refrigerator, the "How >> much "cold" is lost when the door is opened?" section of this page might >> be of interest: >> http://vanagonwiki.net/index.php/Dometic#How_much_.22cold.22_is_lost_when_the_door_is_opened.3F >> >> > |
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