The vital question of the ages
If you put a can in a can cooler and then put that in the fridge, does it stay warm?
Brainwaves of Sken
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If you put a can in a can cooler and then put that in the fridge, does it stay warm?
What is a “can cooler”?
If you put ice in a cooler, then put it out in a hot summer day, eventually the ice melts.
If you put a can in a cooler, then put that into a fridge, eventually it’ll get cold. However, it’ll take a while.
Can cooler = insulation.
Unfortunately, the pithy name is far more important than accuracy. The accurate name would be “Can Heat Transfer Preventer,” which doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue.
Then we should call it a “Can-sulator” and make a mint!
— Steve thinks he should’ve been born earlier; he can crank out ’50s ad copy like there’s no tomorrow.
Bad name for a band, too.
Transfer Preventer is okay, though
Duh. Of course. They aren’t coolers but insulators.
;) I kinda knew the answer, I just enjoyed the stupid question, because I’d let the can I bought this morning get warm, -then- thought to put it in the insulator, -then- considered putting it in the fridge, thus bringing me to this amusing thought.
It depends. Is said fridge plugged in?
:-p
More importantly…
How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll in the middle of the Tootsie Pop?
Wait…nevermind. I took that commercial way too seriously as a kid and one day actually decided to count. It’s too bad I don’t even remember the number.
Re: More importantly…
Aw, heck! You could have solved the most desperate problem of our time!
Or at least, of our childhood.
Re: More importantly…
The answer depends on where you lick. since the injection probe comes in the side, you gan get there in one.
DON’T DO IT, MAN!
Modern science can’t handle a situation such as that! Don’t risk it.
Good point. Wouldn’t want the universe to turn in on itself.
Oh, you meant the foam insulator thingy. That’s easy. I though you meant those single can electric thermal transfer thingys. That’s a much more complex question – obviously not warm, but what’s the delta?
It’s not a question meant to be taken seriously. Since a foam or rubber can cooler doesn’t cover the entirety of teh can (especailly a large energy drink can, like I was using), it would do very little good, anyway.
Uhhuh. But it’s still stuck in my craw. since the refrigerators work by heatpump, presumably the meta-firgerator would get the can colder, but how much colder? is is linear or does the energy efficiency drop off the further you get from room temperature?
(and if it’s good enough insulation to keep cold cold why not warm warm? Or do they not work very well at all? I never use them – and I thought they were called can cozys)
They’re called many things, and I guess they work to some extent – no more than for a few hours, though, before you have a room temperature drink.
No.
that is all