Water Heater
We need to fill up our TC with water Wednesday night for a cross country trip. Question is overnight lows will be in the low twenty high teen range and i am concerned about things freezing up. Inside ...
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Johno02 wrote:
One thing I always think about is the old statement that ' hot water will freeze faster". I have no idea about this, but when it is very cold I can't help but wonder.
Of course hot water freezes slower all other things being the same. However, if your freezer is full of frost (hasn't been defrosted in a bit) and you put a metal ice tray in it to make some ice a tray with hot water in it it can "melt" through the frost build up and directly contact the cooling surface or a metal shelf. This will provide better heat transfer and could result in faster freezing. I believe that is where the expression comes from.
