Comments on: Rube Goldberg's A/C

By: techs

techs — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:45:07 +0000

Wow Thor214. That’s the very definition of the aforementioned ego-stroking.

I like the idea that there’s huge chunk of ice in the fridge and the fridge is unplugged. Might as well throw 90% of the comments on this thread out the window because of an incorrect assumption.

The Honda commercial is called Honda Cog. You might notice some similarities to Der Lauf der Dinge.

By: Laughing-self Silly

Laughing-self Silly — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 04:43:49 +0000

Now why didn’t I ever think of THAT?!?!?! LOL LMBO!!!

By: jakalope

jakalope — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:26:00 +0000

that defies the laws of physics

By: Thor214

Thor214 — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:29:16 +0000

No, You Fail :@hunterje‘K, I’m going to say screw your poor grasp of science and your stupid theorizing because I’ve done this before and it works.

K, I'm gonna prove you wrong now. You apparently have no grasp of science, even that of middle school general science classes. I'll assume that you recieved evidence of being "cooler". I'll also have to assume that you did not take a temperature reading of the entire thermodynamic system. If you were to take the output of a freezer (cold air) and channeled it to another part in the same thermodynamic system, then you would have a temperature gradient in the system. the area that cold air is being channeled to would be cooler and the area around the condensor would be warmer. However, the overall temperature of the system as a whole did not change. The system becomes warmer when electrical energy is inefficiently added to the system from an outside source (all energy actuation is inefficient). Some electrical energy is used for completing the condensor's cycle, however, some is spent on friction, overcoming gravity, and as part of the inefficient actuation of energy from one form (electrical) to another (mechanical).

By: Thor214

Thor214 — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:10:29 +0000

Paddy :Add to all of this the fact that whatever miniscule amount of cold air the fan manages to suck out of the freezer, is going to be blown right by the back of the fridge, where the condenser coils are located. And those condenser coils are working overtime trying to get rid of the excess heat being generated by this contraption…cancellation.

In all reality it is actually adding heat due to the inefficiency of actuating any type of energy into another form.

By: Ben There

Ben There — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:27:38 +0000

@Paddy
The only saving grace for him and the physics is that the fridge is in the next room.

As Tallyho, Texasliberal, mike, andothers have said, The net result is the fans and compressor are actually adding a good deal of heat to the situation.

By: Kota

Kota — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:03:03 +0000

Hurry! Its hot in here! Plug in the fridge! Gotta cool my bunyuns..

By: tallyho

tallyho — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:45:38 +0000

This is completely useless because the person hasn’t attached an exhaust to the back of the fridge/freezer to take the excess heat outside. It’s simple physics: The work used to cool the air inside the freezer(now being pumped into the room) produces a greater amount of heat out of the back of the fridge/freezer, so the temperature inside the room will actually increase not decrease.

By: Th-Rob

Th-Rob — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:55:23 +0000

People don't understand the laws of thermodynamics. It's ok.@yoursolace

By: MrBigboo

MrBigboo — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:56:34 +0000

This is just plain sad. It’s dumb. It will ruin the frig, run up the electricity bill, cause the room temp to go up, not down. and advertise tot the world your complete lack of a clue.