I had this discussion with a couple friends last week. The general consensus was that ice from a good commercial ice plant seems to contain less trapped air, resulting in denser ice that lasts longer. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 3:10 PM Subject: Re: Fridge Burner box
> At 05:29 PM 8/25/2012, Dave Mcneely wrote: >> The worst is if the only ice available is from convenience stores >> that freeze their own. That ice is not cold enough. > > Howzat? Do they use special water? > > The block of ice would have to be at about -256F (-160C) in order to > double its cooling capacity. Ice stored at 0F (~-18C) gains about > nine per cent. > > Yours, > David |
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