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stupid idea #5,881,642
buschmaster
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my dog lays on the tile floor of the bathroom because it cools her off.
I'm thinking, the tile itself isn't cold, it's room temperature like the rug next to it. it must feel cooler because it draws the heat away from her.
all right, where does the heat go?
I think it goes through the tiles and over to the toilet bowl. that feels really nice and cool. and it's got water in it.
or, you could say the toilet bowl cools off the tile floor.
if that's the case, how about dumping a bag or 2 of ice cubes in the toilet bowl, to make the tile floor cooler, and really make a dog happy.
I'm thinking, the tile itself isn't cold, it's room temperature like the rug next to it. it must feel cooler because it draws the heat away from her.
all right, where does the heat go?
I think it goes through the tiles and over to the toilet bowl. that feels really nice and cool. and it's got water in it.
or, you could say the toilet bowl cools off the tile floor.
if that's the case, how about dumping a bag or 2 of ice cubes in the toilet bowl, to make the tile floor cooler, and really make a dog happy.
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not hot enough. for me anyways.
15min. or so..[;)]
[:D]barto[:D]
quote:Originally posted by iceracerx
Tile, like stone/rock, IS cooler then your carpet. Rock/stone WANTS to be 68 degrees (this is the reason that most inspection surface plates are made from granite) while you man-made fiber carpet will assume the surrounding temperature.
Not really, tile and stone react slower to changes in temps, hence the 'appearance' of it being cooler. Over time, however, the temps of tile and stone will reach the ambient temp of the environment surrounding it.
If you put a piece of tile or stone in a thermally controlled environment (say an oven), and leave it there for a while, the tile stone will equalize with the ambient temp. When it is removed it will also take longer to cool down.
The carpet you refer to just reacts faster because it has less mass. Perform the same test with carpet and an oven and, (after you put the fire out) you will find the carpet heated up faster and cooled down faster.
It's that old Mr Physics again...[8D]
John Physics is still around? Holy smokes!
I know John Crapper, who invented the toilet, is dead.
John Airconditioning, who invented the air conditioner, is dead.
John Basketball, who invented basketball, is dead.
John Computer, who invented the computer, is dead.
But old John Physics is still around, huh? Impressive... most impressive.
The carpet you refer to just reacts faster because it has less mass... There's what it's all about.
she does like to eat ice cubes, but that's about it.
quote:Originally posted by iceracerx
Tile, like stone/rock, IS cooler then your carpet. Rock/stone WANTS to be 68 degrees (this is the reason that most inspection surface plates are made from granite) while you man-made fiber carpet will assume the surrounding temperature.
Not really, tile and stone react slower to changes in temps, hence the 'appearance' of it being cooler. Over time, however, the temps of tile and stone will reach the ambient temp of the environment surrounding it.
If you put a piece of tile or stone in a thermally controlled environment (say an oven), and leave it there for a while, the tile stone will equalize with the ambient temp. When it is removed it will also take longer to cool down.
The carpet you refer to just reacts faster because it has less mass. Perform the same test with carpet and an oven and, (after you put the fire out) you will find the carpet heated up faster and cooled down faster.
It's that old Mr Physics again...[8D]
FCD - I think the word you were looking for is DENSITY, not mass. A pound of Granite has much more DENSITY then a pound of carpet.