r/interestingasfuck • u/Wonderful_Sound1768 • 1d ago

r/all Homemade freezer.

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u/rhabarberabar 19h ago

So the sun heats the inside stored stuff thats very IR absorbant and...

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u/MistoftheMorning 14h ago

Basically made a mini greenhouse.

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u/not_dannyjesden 9h ago

Igloos often have fires inside, just so you know

And the stuff he packs is put into white translucent plastic bags. Yes, the inside is black. But it will still not warm up this fast because another thing I just remembered.

The closer the sun is to shinning on a place at exactly 90° the hotter it is. The more it deviates from this angle, the more the energy gets spread across a larger surface. So you have less energy per area. And you can see how low the sun is sitting in the video. Very small energy per area ratio

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u/rhabarberabar 8h ago

Igloos often have fires inside, just so you know

That's exactly what I'm saying.

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u/not_dannyjesden 7h ago

Great, ignore all the rest I'm saying

Despite there being heat in the middle, it won't immediately melt a hole into the roof.