Re: OK to remove thermostat?

"z" <gzuckier@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 May 14, 9:04 am, "HLS" <nos...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "BobJ" <jon...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Although there are cases where no thermostat will allow the coolant to
> > run thru the radiator too fast and NOT get cooled sufficiently..
>
> With all due respect, this is a myth. There are, on some designs,
reasons
> why
> removing the thermostat may detract from cooling, but speed of flow 
> through
> the
> radiator is definitely not valid.

it's possibly possible if under certain conditions the turbulence from
the increased flow louses up the heat transfer by causing localized
eddy currents or some such, but pretty unlikely. the often heard
argument that 'the coolant is going too fast to pick up the heat from
the metal' demonstrates the profound failure of our school system to
teach simple principles of basic physics.

Yes, it is...
Turbulence can increase the heat transfer, while laminar flows can
increase 
the
coolant throughput. Both effects are somewhat offsetting.

But the basic premise that fluid p***** through the heat exchanger too 
quickly to
allow cooling is absolutely bull****..