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Do the WIND CHILL FACTORS affect a cars rad the same way it does for people? Find out!
a LOW BUDGET quick tech vid on a question someone asked me the other day.
I hope it's not too confusing....
with bonus tips on blown head gaskets and 'freeze mix ratios!
remember.....-15C = +10F
Winter is rapidly approaching, are you ready?!!?
Q: Do the WIND CHILL FACTORS specified during the weather forecasts apply to a vehicles rad the same way it does for people?
A: The wind chill factor is a comparative measure of the rate at which heat would be carried away from an object warmer than the surrounding air temperature. Regardless of the wind , the object can't be chilled below the surrounding air temperature unless there is evaporation of fluid, which is beyond this situation. If an object that is 100F is put outside in dead calm air that is only 10F, heat will be lost until the object is also 10F. Lets say it takes 4 hours. As it cools down, the air immediately beside the surface of the object is warmed up a bit, so it cools fairly slow. But if the wind is blowing at 20mph, then the heated air next to the object will be blown away and replaced with fresh cool 10F air. The heat of the object will also be carried away faster, and the object might only take 2 hours to cool, but will NEVER get colder than 10F. What the wind chill factor does is compare the existing condition to the chill that would be experienced in dead calm air.
so....
The wind chill DOES NOT affect the radiator!
Thanks for coming out, this one is kinda boring and limited, soon I promise some real good tips n' such!
(NOTE: I had a nice hi res shot of the antifreeze jug animation, but it kept on screwing up, so I had to add the blurry one, who really cares anyways...?)