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Old 01-13-2011, 01:33 PM
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I'm not saying it doesn't work. I'm saying it could work better. In some of the examples you mention there really isn't a better option because of space or packaging limitations. Heat travels 3 ways, by conduction through a solid, by convection through a fluid (including air) and by radiation. When you weld something then reach down and pick it up, that's conduction through a solid, your hand. If you hold your hand over the hot metal, that's a combination of convection and radiation and it hurts less because you are not in direct contact. If you go outside on a sunny day and direct the sunlight at your face with a tilted mirror, you're feeling radiated heat. All I'm suggesting is that it is better to use the principals of physics to your advantage than to ignore them.

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