Ice chest . . . pour water out?

Expidia

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Does anyone know if I pour the water out of my cooler after 1/2 day on the water will the food stay colder since the remaining cubes are not floating in water.

Or is it cooler for the food to leave the water in?

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Bart Sr.

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Re: Ice chest . . . pour water out?

I leave it in to increase the volume of cold related to not as cold.
 
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Re: Ice chest . . . pour water out?

If you leave the ice in the bags when you put it into the cooler it will last a lot longer. Then i still leave what ever water accumulates in the cooler.
 
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Re: Ice chest . . . pour water out?

As the ice absorbs heat it turns to water, the water continues to absorb heat, removing the water removes you cooling capacity.
 
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Re: Ice chest . . . pour water out?

cold air in a cooler can be displace upon opening in a instance while the water in the cooler will remain much like a insulating blanket around your six pack
 
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Re: Ice chest . . . pour water out?

for a moment, I thought I tuned into the science channel.

Try to get and use good old fashioned block ice when you can D=W/V

Block ice has higher density per unit volume for the long run.

A mixture of block and cubes to get things started. Empty the water as stated above.

Forgive me for my sarcasm
 
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Re: Ice chest . . . pour water out?

Skargo, In your avatar: Isn't that the 95 bridge at Garret island in the Sussquehanna?

Photos of the wake spreading behind the hull at speed are my favorites.
 
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Re: Ice chest . . . pour water out?

Frank Acampora said:
Skargo, In your avatar: Isn't that the 95 bridge at Garret island in the Sussquehanna?

Photos of the wake spreading behind the hull at speed are my favorites.
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Yes sir. The first bridge is the CSX railroad, and behind that is the Millard Tydings(I95) bridge.

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Re: Ice chest . . . pour water out?

Some physics facts for the 'cooler minds':

- Keeping ice in the bag will made the ice melt slower because of the lack of air exchange. This means your food will stay warmer, not the desired effect.
- Salt is not magical; It will not keep your cooler colder longer, just cooler than without. Salt will lower the freezing point of the water, which means your food and beverages will be colder, but at the expense of longevity. Fine for a quick few hours out, but bad for an all day event.
- Keeping the water in the cooler indeed does keep the cooler cold longer, as the water will likely be just above freezing (or slightly below with salt) so long as there is still ice floating in it. Cool water makes and keeps items cool just as warm stuff warms a cold cooler.
- Light colored coolers will reflect the sunlight, keeping your cooler cooler. Luckily for us, most 'marine' coolers are white.

Hope that explains some things.
 
eavega

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Re: Ice chest . . . pour water out?

skargo said:
AMazing salt can melt road ice, yet in a cooler, make it colder. :D
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Yet, the way it melts the ice is to lower the freezing temperature of the water, so water that would be ice at 0 degrees Celsius now won't be ice unless the temperature drops to, say, -10 degrees Celsius (that temperature is not accurate, just used for example). Same reason you use salt in the ice when you make ice cream. It lets the ice get colder than 0 degrees Celsius. It will still melt the ice in the cooler, but will keep the cooler colder because the melted ice will be colder than the solid ice.

My newest trick is to use dry ice to keep my stuff cool. Dry ice doesn't melt, it sublimates, which means it goes directly from solid to gas. No water to deal with one way or the other.

-Eric

-Eric
 
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Re: Ice chest . . . pour water out?

Since someone said science discussion here is the science.
First we start with simple observations, on a 85 degree day put your hand in the lake and you'll notice it is cooler than the air ( at least the lakes in my part of the world), then at night the air temp will drop while the lake stays relatively the same temp.
Water requires more heat energy per gram to raise it one degree than air.
A simple test for this would be to take two canning jars of the same size fill one with water and the other with air and put the caps on, put them in the refrigerator overnight to assure equal temperature in both in the morning put them on the counter for an hour and then measure the temp in both jars, you will find that the jar with the air will have a much higher temp.
In conclusion leave the water in the cooler unless you add more ice.
 
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Re: Ice chest . . . pour water out?

lowkee said:
Some physics facts for the 'cooler minds':

Salt will lower the freezing point of the water, which means your food and beverages will be colder, but at the expense of longevity. Fine for a quick few hours out, but bad for an all day event.
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It depends on the quality of your cooler and how you load it. I can get 24 hours out of a single charge, no problem.
 
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Re: Ice chest . . . pour water out?

We keep a wet towel draped over the cooler also. when its 110-115 degrees outside, it seems to make a pretty big difference.
 
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Re: Ice chest . . . pour water out?

first lesson we learned , start with a good cooler, then fill and freeze plastic pop bottles and line the bottom of cooler. No water to deal with and reusable, just put them back into the freezer.
And as for the cubes, put them on top of the bottles
rob
 
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