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Beer Fridge - A Case Study in Thermal Design. Part 5 - Time for a FloBEER

Posted Jan 27, 2011, by Robin Bornoff

All good things come to those who wait. For beer this entails a trade off between anticipation and satisfaction. If, too soon after you put the room temperature beer in the fridge, you get your child to grab a beer for you, your thirst might be quenched but your satisfaction might not be. Wait too long for it to cool down and you might forget you wanted one, or go to sleep, or hit the whisky instead. … Read More

Tags: Electronics Cooling, time constant, beer, Transient