How refrigerators work, and how we all ended up with one

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"Refrigeration Nation: A History of Ice, Appliances, and Enterprise in America," by Dr. Jonathan Rees: muse.jhu.edu/book/26771
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  • @realkingofantarctica
    @realkingofantarctica3 жыл бұрын

    Imagine being one of Adam's sons and walking into the kitchen to see your dad talking to the fridge.

  • @epicelite3337

    @epicelite3337

    3 жыл бұрын

    That’s just a normal day.

  • @lemonke3774

    @lemonke3774

    3 жыл бұрын

    I’d get the emergency supply of white wine to make him stop.

  • @lordvaderbossofdoom3960

    @lordvaderbossofdoom3960

    3 жыл бұрын

    Get you head out of the fridge dad or ill spill your wine!

  • @rouxsauced200

    @rouxsauced200

    3 жыл бұрын

    Great pfp

  • @josephwarren7714

    @josephwarren7714

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lmao 😂

  • @johnsmiter4654
    @johnsmiter46543 жыл бұрын

    He dropped the magnet thing on us at the end and now I'm gonna do hours of research to figure out if I could safely build one at home.

  • @AMalas

    @AMalas

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oh my... Im going to do this... Another way to refrigerate is to STRETCH AND RELEASE RUBBER BANDS

  • @johnsmiter4654

    @johnsmiter4654

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@AMalas I've seen that one! That's a relatively low energy way of doing though unfortunately.

  • @shanetaylor761

    @shanetaylor761

    3 жыл бұрын

    Keep me posted on how that goes lol.

  • @uhhhhh262

    @uhhhhh262

    3 жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/p36TsNKQnqa-qrA.html here’s a brief explanation of the magnetic process.

  • @tiagopereira7499

    @tiagopereira7499

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@uhhhhh262 Thanks

  • @hamslicemcdooogle8080
    @hamslicemcdooogle80803 жыл бұрын

    “...but that’s a conversation for another day” That day better be next Monday or else I’m gonna cry

  • @AquaBilliam

    @AquaBilliam

    3 жыл бұрын

    I literally shouted "you bastard!" when Adam dropped that. With a smirk, of course. :) Actually, I knew magnetic cooling is a thing, but I didn't think it was viable at scale yet.

  • @jacobhaseyes-povcooking1219
    @jacobhaseyes-povcooking12193 жыл бұрын

    Can we all just appreciate that Adam included unfiltered close-ups of his forehead, sweaty arms, and talked to us in a fridge.

  • @johnredford2211

    @johnredford2211

    3 жыл бұрын

    And that sunburnt forehead, guy is going all out

  • @Solbashio

    @Solbashio

    3 жыл бұрын

    The fridge light was the filter

  • @t.o.4251

    @t.o.4251

    3 жыл бұрын

    This Sorted Food episode was kinda odd.

  • @briannguyen6055

    @briannguyen6055

    3 жыл бұрын

    The Alton brown

  • @razaqadeanova3255

    @razaqadeanova3255

    3 жыл бұрын

    Reminds me of my dad

  • @Aceplosion
    @Aceplosion3 жыл бұрын

    I WAS NOT READY FOR HIS VOICE TO CHANGE SO MUCH WHEN HE WENT OUTSIDE

  • @matthew8077

    @matthew8077

    3 жыл бұрын

    Deadass thought it was someone else speaking for a sec

  • @Random909

    @Random909

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ikr

  • @vanz681

    @vanz681

    3 жыл бұрын

    Be prepared next time

  • @brayden9358

    @brayden9358

    3 жыл бұрын

    Not sure if its because of a bad microphone or bc he had to talk over the fan lol

  • @deeyosh

    @deeyosh

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@rycheesoda He used to be a reporter after all so it made complete sense lol

  • @toericabaker
    @toericabaker3 жыл бұрын

    All the door opening shots give me anxiety... I can hear my mom's voice shouting " you're letting all the cold air out!!""

  • @FlowziMowzi

    @FlowziMowzi

    3 жыл бұрын

    Just reply to her in a nerdy voice: "Well actually mom the cold doesn't get out, it's the warmth that gets in. It's called Thermodynamics"

  • @saucetoowetyuheard6184

    @saucetoowetyuheard6184

    3 жыл бұрын

    R H how to get slapped 101

  • @llantup

    @llantup

    3 жыл бұрын

    That was my dad. I just tell him to shut up, now.

  • @xxsebasalxx

    @xxsebasalxx

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@FlowziMowzi However, you ARE letting the cold air go out. Cold air is denser, so when you open the door, a big portion of it falls to the ground, and you have to lower the temperature of warm, new air again. You are still correct about the cold not going out tho.

  • @purplegill10

    @purplegill10

    3 жыл бұрын

    Note that just opening the door is what lets most of it out. Keeping it open for a few seconds versus a couple minutes is hardly a difference compared to the actual amount spilling out upon opening it up. That is, unless you have a chest freezer, but then that's going down a deep rabbit hole that I don't recommend anyone else goes into unless they want to spend many hours researching the incredible efficiencies of those boxes and wondering why you don't fill your house with them.

  • @kokomoman
    @kokomoman3 жыл бұрын

    Whenever Adam looks at the camera it honestly feels like he's looking at and talking to ME, not his audience, but ME in particular. I'm not sure how he does that, but god damn it's cold in this refrigerator.

  • @goose8447

    @goose8447

    3 жыл бұрын

    Probably because his former job was a professor, I guess it's now just second nature to him to connect to the people he's educating

  • @limiv5272

    @limiv5272

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@goose8447 I've met many professors and I can tell you they're mostly terrible at connecting to the people they're educating. Most of them are in the classroom against their wishes, it's something they are required to do in order to have their labs

  • @Muffindounut
    @Muffindounut3 жыл бұрын

    Adam: "But that's a conversation for another day" Adam: [closes fridge door] Me: "....he closed that fridge door only to open it again a few moments later to retrieve the camera"

  • @FriskyD.

    @FriskyD.

    3 жыл бұрын

    He's keeping it refrigerated, as was instructed on the packaging

  • @LisaBeergutHolst

    @LisaBeergutHolst

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@FriskyD. Doesn't everybody keep their camera in the fridge? 🤔

  • @rhekman
    @rhekman3 жыл бұрын

    Up north we pronounce it, "anne-HIGH-druhs" ammonia. It's applied to soil to add nitrogen for fertilizing crops.

  • @sarabeth641

    @sarabeth641

    3 жыл бұрын

    He's originally from Pennsylvania. It's not a southern thing afaik. I've only heard anhighdrus.

  • @rhekman

    @rhekman

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@sarabeth641 I'm not gonna knock somebody for an accent, regional dialect, or heck, even trying to pronounce a word they've only ever encountered in print. I just had to squint a bit to recognize the word when Adam said, "ANN-a-drus" and then I got a chuckle when said recognition landed.

  • @sarabeth641

    @sarabeth641

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@rhekman Yeah I mean I don't think it's bad that he said anadruhs. it's just not because he's in the South

  • @ValeriePallaoro

    @ValeriePallaoro

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks ... cause .. hydrous vs anhydrous .. wtf Adam!!

  • @baylinkdashyt

    @baylinkdashyt

    3 жыл бұрын

    Remember: when someone mispronounces a word, it means *they read it before they heard it* -- and that means they *READ*. :-) Otherwise, things will go awry.

  • @germoruntz
    @germoruntz3 жыл бұрын

    Joshua Weissman: Talks to his cabinet Adam Ragusea : Talks to his fridge

  • @johnsmiter4654

    @johnsmiter4654

    3 жыл бұрын

    Those are both very Alton brown things to do.

  • @Kihidokid

    @Kihidokid

    3 жыл бұрын

    Me: Talks to my computer screen

  • @Kihidokid

    @Kihidokid

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@johnsmiter4654 i always considered him a more approachable Alton Brown

  • @AnimalLover-fh8fh

    @AnimalLover-fh8fh

    3 жыл бұрын

    Why i talk to my fridge, not my cabinet

  • @taiiat0

    @taiiat0

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Kihidokid Alton is pretty approachable - it just doesn't seem like it as much when you see bim through the Lens of the Food Network. when it's him independently it's a different story.

  • @ColinKillick
    @ColinKillick3 жыл бұрын

    Fun fact: the same man who first discovered CFC's for refrigeration, Thomas Midgley Jr., also invented leaded gasoline. He arguably did more damage to the environment than any other single human being in history.

  • @General12th

    @General12th

    Жыл бұрын

    He's quite possibly the most individually dangerous creature to exist since the cyanobacteria that evolved photosynthesis and could produce oxygen (plus a few other cyanobacterias that mutated aerobic enzymes over the following half-billion years).

  • @Gebri3l

    @Gebri3l

    Жыл бұрын

    You just shytting on people accomplishment don't you? lol

  • @joshr408

    @joshr408

    Жыл бұрын

    Honestly his story has always made me sad. He seems like genuinely wanted to make the world a better place. Leaded gasoline made engines run smoother and last longer. CFCs, as mentioned in the video, was the first safe refrigerant, and helped get fridges in every home.

  • @aliensinnoh1

    @aliensinnoh1

    Жыл бұрын

    @@joshr408 sure, but leaded gasoline also poisoned everyone in the US. It’s likely a couple entire generations had a few points chopped off their IQs from minor lead poisoning.

  • @lonestarr1490

    @lonestarr1490

    Жыл бұрын

    @@joshr408 The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

  • @sadmansushi9911
    @sadmansushi99113 жыл бұрын

    He sounds so different when he's talking over the air conditioner

  • @blakfloyd

    @blakfloyd

    3 жыл бұрын

    Probably because people's voices can become a little strained, thinner, and higher-pitched when they have to speak at a volume significantly higher than their normal speaking level.

  • @ryanhall8770

    @ryanhall8770

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lol I thought I was The only one who noticed

  • @darkgravity237

    @darkgravity237

    3 жыл бұрын

    blakfloyd That's definitely part of it. I think a more likely explanation is the lack of acoustics where the microphone is. We're always used to his voice in an indoor setting with those same acoustics. When he goes outside, not only is it less echoey, but the fan's sounds completely drown out most sound.

  • @cr1sprarchives408

    @cr1sprarchives408

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@blakfloyd exactly me which is why I always get accused of being angry

  • @theprinceofnone

    @theprinceofnone

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@darkgravity237 to expound upon this, it sounds to my ear like he dumped a lot of the low end to make himself audible, so you don't get most of the bass of his voice, which makes the overall tambre way different

  • @OutletFlow
    @OutletFlow3 жыл бұрын

    **Technology Connections has entered the chat**

  • @dogbot55

    @dogbot55

    3 жыл бұрын

    That would be a great collaboration

  • @MrDreyven

    @MrDreyven

    3 жыл бұрын

    All I can think about is that the "french door" fridge with the ice thing in the door is the most inefficient design, damn you technology connections.

  • @Andrew-rs6cb

    @Andrew-rs6cb

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thought exactly the same thing. No better explanation of the refrigerant cycle

  • @UnionParkPlumbing

    @UnionParkPlumbing

    3 жыл бұрын

    First thing I thought of

  • @kaywolf1520

    @kaywolf1520

    3 жыл бұрын

    I was about the comment the exact same thing 😂

  • @DanielLee-cb1dp
    @DanielLee-cb1dp3 жыл бұрын

    Can we appreciate how this man wet his arm and held it in front of the camera until it dried off

  • @goodun2974

    @goodun2974

    3 жыл бұрын

    Daniel Lee, Perhaps Adam used alcohol which would evaporate very quickly, for a better visual representation. Evaporating alcohol would also have chilled his arm significantly, in keeping with the topic of discussion.

  • @RonJohn63

    @RonJohn63

    3 жыл бұрын

    No, why should we?

  • @challengerjj9760

    @challengerjj9760

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@goodun2974 white wine

  • @General12th

    @General12th

    Жыл бұрын

    @@RonJohn63 Why would we appreciate dedication to a bit? I dunno, John, that's a good question.

  • @RonJohn63

    @RonJohn63

    Жыл бұрын

    @@General12th it's how he makes his living. And as @goodun mentioned, alcohol dries pretty fast.

  • @pianoforte611
    @pianoforte6113 жыл бұрын

    These mini documentaries are in my opinion, your best work. They ask seemingly simple questions that have deep, but easy to understand and satisfying answers. Having real experts chime in is a very nice touch.

  • @dianapennepacker6854

    @dianapennepacker6854

    Жыл бұрын

    Been trying to find someone else on YT who has the crisp editing, no filler, style of videos he has. Found zero. I don't want to hear about how this piece of seed reminds you of mother's love that gave you warmth on a chilly day, back when grandpa was still working... No elevator music and slow perfect chopping (seriously some make it look like they are doing a ritual. Are you cutting veggies bro or are summoning Cthulhu?) He also says what to do so and why, and WHY not to do something. What you can go with or without. Glad he makes a decent living off of it. He deserves it.

  • @mr.w1129
    @mr.w11293 жыл бұрын

    As a HVAC tech, refrigerators transfer heat. They say we’re in the “heat transfer business”. Not the cooling business

  • @fenrirr22

    @fenrirr22

    3 жыл бұрын

    As someone who creates simulations about cooling systems I still consider myself in the cooling business :D However I am not the one who has to dissipate the heat to the environment, just transfer the heat to the Coolers/Chillers :D

  • @chloedegurechaff1941

    @chloedegurechaff1941

    3 жыл бұрын

    As someone who had a great chem teacher. Theres no such thing as cold. Just lack of heat. I love watching videos about ac stuff

  • @manuelmateo3392

    @manuelmateo3392

    3 жыл бұрын

    With the former, yup.

  • @DAFLIDMAN

    @DAFLIDMAN

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hi fellow HVAC engineer's.

  • @BeefPapa

    @BeefPapa

    3 жыл бұрын

    As someone who has no idea about this subject, I just got a 36k BTU inverter in the Caribbean heat. It's nice.

  • @abhinavpandey2604
    @abhinavpandey26043 жыл бұрын

    Hello Adam! I am currently a college who commutes from home, but starting January I will be moving to a campus 4 hours away from my house. I'm concerned about the food situation, so I was wondering if you could make a video on meals that even college students could make with sparse resources. Love your videos and thank you!

  • @gunswinger3110

    @gunswinger3110

    3 жыл бұрын

    Not Adam but a few big things you could get is get rice, eggs, chicken, frozen veggies, broccoli and cheap river fish like tilapia. My own go to is chicken fried rice and spaghetti carbonara. If not, you don't necessarily use a recipe. Cook rice, pan fry the chicken with salt and pepper, steam or cook the veggies and you got a cheap healthy meal.

  • @RonJohn63

    @RonJohn63

    3 жыл бұрын

    Apples and peanut butter. Peanut butter & jelly sandwiches. macaroni & cheese and Hormel Chili. Brown rice + lentils

  • @manuelmateo3392

    @manuelmateo3392

    3 жыл бұрын

    With Uni, I remember taking a small collection of reliable recipes, ones that are simple and quick. Also, be careful not to Freshman 15 yourself. It would be interesting if he made a vid on this.

  • @facetsofus2008
    @facetsofus20083 жыл бұрын

    This was an example for my undergrad physical chemistry course. Lots of cool science all around us!

  • @airplayn
    @airplayn Жыл бұрын

    I'm old enough to have had to defrost my freezer section for years! Thank engineers for frost free freezers! When I first started out I had to go cheap and even had to buy a refrigerator so old that it had the round condenser on the top. My grandmother told me stories about the ice harvest because they were sausage makers and needed lots of ice. The ice house was a heavy partially buried building with ice blocks separated and insulated by hay. When she was a ""bad girl" they pit her in the ice house for punishment (1890's German discipline). The Regen river was the source of the ice in winter and the village bath in the summer. AS convenient island separated the sexes!

  • @sanmitgaikwad
    @sanmitgaikwad3 жыл бұрын

    I actually learn more from Adam than my History Teacher

  • @joshuaurbany6468

    @joshuaurbany6468

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like you need to get a better history teacher

  • @Steve-ph7qn

    @Steve-ph7qn

    3 жыл бұрын

    Classic American schooling. No wonder I see so many idiots online.

  • @ryanhall8770

    @ryanhall8770

    3 жыл бұрын

    Steve m hmm way to diss America. Now where do you live?

  • @JoseMartinez-gk2ke

    @JoseMartinez-gk2ke

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ryan Hall probably europe, which is a lot better than America.

  • @schnibbyy

    @schnibbyy

    3 жыл бұрын

    Congrats on knowing the most about refrigerators in your class.

  • @ryanhall8770
    @ryanhall87703 жыл бұрын

    Lol I was literally so weirded out by this, my fridge in the garage was super hot on the seal and on all the walls. Very interesting stuff

  • @TheRationalPi
    @TheRationalPi3 жыл бұрын

    You can also keep things cool with SOUND using thermoacoustic refrigeration, using essentially inert noble gases instead of dangerous refrigerants. Ben and Jerry's even had one installed in one of their ice cream shops, and even though it uses incredible high sound levels inside, very little of that sound leaks out making it shockingly quiet.

  • @st0rmerc00l8
    @st0rmerc00l83 жыл бұрын

    You sounded very different when you were recording near that exhaust.

  • @AxxLAfriku

    @AxxLAfriku

    3 жыл бұрын

    ORORORORO!!! I spend half of my day sleeping! ORORORO!!! Then I sometimes get up and tell you that I am a famous content creatorORORORORO!!! Please don't sleep while driving, dear cool

  • @septanos

    @septanos

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@AxxLAfriku ?

  • @CKzoidYT

    @CKzoidYT

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@AxxLAfriku wat the actual fuck

  • @metromancer

    @metromancer

    3 жыл бұрын

    I thought it was someone else and he was just dubbing it

  • @bonniejunk

    @bonniejunk

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@AxxLAfriku glad to see you're giving people safe driving advice now

  • @jamesk7256
    @jamesk72563 жыл бұрын

    And now Adam Ragusea can enjoy his dino-shaped chicken tendies at any time he chooses.

  • @justinmccoy
    @justinmccoy3 жыл бұрын

    I like how, in one video about refrigerators, I get to learn about history, science, and sociology. Thanks for the video Mr. Ragusea.

  • @MagicPlants
    @MagicPlants3 жыл бұрын

    Anhydrous is pronounced "An-HY-Drus" An (without) hydro (water) ous (of)

  • @aragusea

    @aragusea

    3 жыл бұрын

    Some people pronounce it that way. Some people pronounce it the way I did here.

  • @Shiniiee

    @Shiniiee

    3 жыл бұрын

    ​@@aragusea I really enjoy your videos, Adam. But goddamn, you always seen to get an excuse after people - even politely - criticize you in the slightest.

  • @SongbirdOfficial

    @SongbirdOfficial

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@aragusea I prefer the "an-hy-drus" pronunciation because it makes the meaning clear from just hearing it.

  • @Draeneiwolf

    @Draeneiwolf

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Shiniiee Yea maybe, but I wouldn't say that was particularly polite to begin with, on top of that the dude has almost a million subs. I would imagine with that many people even polite criticisms probably get old pretty quickly, especially when its about something as subjective as the way words are pronounced. Along with that, Adams pretty good with words, I wouldn't be surprised if this is actually a super common pronunciation of the word.

  • @myriadcorp

    @myriadcorp

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@aragusea an·hy·drous Pronouncing it the way you did is wrong. Magic explained it pretty well. If you are speaking English it's pronounced this way. This is not a case of pronunciation like Aluminum/Aluminium. What you are saying sounds like androus.

  • @dwaynewladyka577
    @dwaynewladyka5773 жыл бұрын

    We've come a long way, over the years. My dad and his siblings grew up in the Great Depression in Alberta, Canada. They had an icehouse on the farm. Very informative video. Cheers!

  • @GelberDracheLP
    @GelberDracheLP3 жыл бұрын

    But that's a conversation for another day... FUUUUU::::::!!!!! *table flip* When? Tomorrow?

  • @ieshi23

    @ieshi23

    3 жыл бұрын

    we got blue balled by a fridge

  • @kevinhsu5221

    @kevinhsu5221

    3 жыл бұрын

    “That’s another show”

  • @ValeriePallaoro

    @ValeriePallaoro

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah .. sooo me!

  • @katelynisboring
    @katelynisboring3 жыл бұрын

    I love that I’m watching this with a broken fridge and molding food

  • @ryanhall8770

    @ryanhall8770

    3 жыл бұрын

    That’s not good lol

  • @icanwatchthevideos

    @icanwatchthevideos

    3 жыл бұрын

    I don't love that. Fix your shit, man!

  • @selp1738

    @selp1738

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@icanwatchthevideos Lmfao

  • @advaithkrishnan3222
    @advaithkrishnan32223 жыл бұрын

    Damn now the dad is leaving the fridge door open for long periods of time

  • @lexica510

    @lexica510

    3 жыл бұрын

    Dad credibility dropping rapidly. 😄

  • @AMalas

    @AMalas

    3 жыл бұрын

    2020 just has so many surprises

  • @nothing.1240

    @nothing.1240

    3 жыл бұрын

    And I thought 2020 couldn't get worse.

  • @KieranAtkins
    @KieranAtkins3 жыл бұрын

    Was my 21st bday today ive came home steaming drunk feeling sorry myself and feeling amazed by the people around me and your always here for me no matter the time,, your one of the people who make my life better! and for that i will always love you like a brother!!! xxxxxxx

  • @mattshadow81
    @mattshadow813 жыл бұрын

    This video is exactly why I subscribed to this channel. Adam explains stuff in a way i find rather easy to understand. Love this content

  • @saratakkoush6109
    @saratakkoush61093 жыл бұрын

    The information and vocabulary is spectacular! I live for the value of these videos

  • @BlankRev
    @BlankRev3 жыл бұрын

    Great, we're getting the weissman treatment

  • @person9854

    @person9854

    3 жыл бұрын

    At least it’s nice and cold in here.

  • @jaysonscott187
    @jaysonscott1873 жыл бұрын

    You are a great teacher Adam! It doesn't go unnoticed here! Smart and well spoken is only half of it. Thanks for this.

  • @cubrakadabra
    @cubrakadabra3 жыл бұрын

    I just watched a video about chest freezer efficiency that explained refrigerators as well and I love videos like this

  • @TheGnarlyDude
    @TheGnarlyDude3 жыл бұрын

    I'm getting major good eats vibes from the in fridge view.

  • @josiahphillips421
    @josiahphillips4213 жыл бұрын

    Everytime I look at my fridge now I think “ammonia the silent killer” and then I get my water and go back to bed

  • @icanwatchthevideos

    @icanwatchthevideos

    3 жыл бұрын

    You watched this video the same hour that it came out. How many times has this happened?

  • @josiahphillips421

    @josiahphillips421

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@icanwatchthevideos I would fix the error and say "from now on" but ill keep it bc its funny

  • @meow2148

    @meow2148

    3 жыл бұрын

    Almost all refrigerators (probably yours too) use R134a as their refrigerant. Newer refrigerators use R600A (isobutane) or R290 (propane). I haven't really seen ammonia being used in domestic refrigerators.

  • @kevinhsu5221
    @kevinhsu52213 жыл бұрын

    I love the Good Eats reference with the camera in the fridge!

  • @philippedesaulniers
    @philippedesaulniers3 жыл бұрын

    I absolutely love these educational and non-cooking videos just as much as the cooking ones!

  • @orestisconstantinou5707
    @orestisconstantinou57073 жыл бұрын

    I was actually thinking about this today lol thanks for the video!!

  • @EliEli-vf4yy
    @EliEli-vf4yy3 жыл бұрын

    I live in Ukraine and still have an old soviet fridge. Still works amazing but ya, have to defrost every now and then (rarely however so it's not much of an inconvenience). However, pulling things out of the freezer when there's a ton of ice/frost blocking the way requires a lil muscle strength. But at least the fridge is still working

  • @Some-vy2ns
    @Some-vy2ns3 жыл бұрын

    "Hour 9, still locked in Adam's fridge, he added a tray of icecubes filled with slices of ribeye... He really does love icecubes trays"

  • @mindstalk
    @mindstalk Жыл бұрын

    Don't know how old our fridge was, but growing up in the 1980s, we had the occasional defrost ritual. Speed it up by putting pots of boiling water in the open freezer. If you waited too long, no room for the pot. We also had a chest freezer in the basement, which I guess had defrosting? had a bit of ice but never a huge buildup.

  • @alamrasyidi4097

    @alamrasyidi4097

    Жыл бұрын

    my family used to still have one with frosting issues too. here we take the fridge outside and wash the frost with a hose to melt it

  • @Crowbars2
    @Crowbars23 жыл бұрын

    3:28 - "anadrus" lolwut? Is that an American south pronunciation, or have I been saying it wrong all these years? I pronounce it "an-HI-druss"

  • @Pieman62295

    @Pieman62295

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think it's a Southern accent thing.

  • @sarabeth641

    @sarabeth641

    3 жыл бұрын

    I don't think it's a southern accent thing. I haven't heard anyone say it like that, but it's not a really common word.

  • @kane2742

    @kane2742

    3 жыл бұрын

    The an-HI-drus pronunciation is the one used by every Midwestern farmer I've ever heard say it. That's also the pronunciation on Merriam-Webster's website.

  • @suivzmoi

    @suivzmoi

    3 жыл бұрын

    the south also likes to say "nukular".

  • @RedBlackDish

    @RedBlackDish

    3 жыл бұрын

    it is "I failed homeschooling" accent

  • @Axel-xf6kt
    @Axel-xf6kt3 жыл бұрын

    Adam is geting close to the 1 million mark :-O

  • @RefanieFajrina
    @RefanieFajrina3 жыл бұрын

    ok so as an engineering physics student I'm kinda digging this kinda contents right here. when i was searching for supervisor for my final project as a requirement to graduate, i asked this one professor about what topics he had for us seniors. of course he offered some cool ones, from designing cheap low-powered electric stove (lower and cheaper than what the market provides) to refrigeration using a special material and joule effect. this refrigeration thing really awed me because my prof said it was to be used as a small fridge by NASA astronauts to keep any of their research specimens fresh and cold with the smallest space possible. he showed me a small 5x5 sq cm panel of the material and connected it to a battery, and i felt the cold from Joule Effect on my fingertips!! it was so cool but in the end, i didn't choose it as my project because it would be too hard for me to balance the electrical and mechanical aspect of it :))))

  • @thunderfieldcastle
    @thunderfieldcastle3 жыл бұрын

    I could listen to Mr. Ragusea explain pretty much anything. This was fascinating, start to finish. I love these sciencey, explainy (technical term) videos. Greetings to all legates from Surrey (England).

  • @hugobrugivo3123
    @hugobrugivo31233 жыл бұрын

    My guy just spent 10 minutes talking to a fridge 😂😂😂

  • @Rogue.29

    @Rogue.29

    3 жыл бұрын

    in this weather you can't blame him 😂 I'd live in a walk-in fridge if I could!

  • @manuelmateo3392

    @manuelmateo3392

    3 жыл бұрын

    I talk to my small fridge as it is.

  • @kinggdom_5960
    @kinggdom_59603 жыл бұрын

    “You’re letting all the cold air out.”

  • @abdullatifzero
    @abdullatifzero3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this rich piece of knowledge I never knew I’d be interested in.

  • @EsotericTrash
    @EsotericTrash3 жыл бұрын

    The thing I love most about this channel is not only does it teach me nifty cooking stuff it teaches me nifty food related history. Very satiating for my belly and curiosity.

  • @steamlight5857
    @steamlight58573 жыл бұрын

    my recommendations was faster than my noties. nice

  • @MateusAntonioBittencourt
    @MateusAntonioBittencourt3 жыл бұрын

    "It used to be that every now and then you would have to defrost the fridge." - Cry on poor third world country, because this is something I have to do every 2-3 months.

  • @blackknightjack3850

    @blackknightjack3850

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's something my dad and I would have to do every once in a while as well. Maybe not 2-3 months, but like once or twice a year maybe. Was kinda surprised to hear that this hasn't been standard practice in ages.

  • @sanctusaura4874

    @sanctusaura4874

    3 жыл бұрын

    same here, my fridge still need defrosting every few months.

  • @taiiat0

    @taiiat0

    3 жыл бұрын

    we have an extra standalone Freezer that has to be Defrosted maybe once a year (though usually people whine and argue and it goes to 2-3 :| ). i think it's primarily driven by being stupidly overfull 100% of the time. sigh.

  • @deus_ex_machina_

    @deus_ex_machina_

    3 жыл бұрын

    Here in fourth world country, most people didn't have electric fridges until pretty much the only ones you could buy were the frost-free kind, so we don't have to deal with that.

  • @ultrascarlet5275

    @ultrascarlet5275

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@deus_ex_machina_ Here in fifth world country, we don't even have fridges yet

  • @leettjuh
    @leettjuh3 жыл бұрын

    Adam, always kind enough to educate us

  • @hugoshlim
    @hugoshlim3 жыл бұрын

    am i the only one who's completely captivated by Dr Rees? love his little movements and the way he speaks

  • @plebisMaximus
    @plebisMaximus3 жыл бұрын

    "But that's a conversation for another day" You can't leave me like this, Adam.

  • @EduardoAlves-lc3pw
    @EduardoAlves-lc3pw3 жыл бұрын

    i'm laughing because you recorded this literally inside the refrigerator

  • @jasonlieberman4606

    @jasonlieberman4606

    3 жыл бұрын

    And he had to clear most of that shelf to make room...

  • @luishuerta5649

    @luishuerta5649

    3 жыл бұрын

    No, he ate everything

  • @jabzinos

    @jabzinos

    3 жыл бұрын

    He hot caught in the fridge and to cover up he started to make a video

  • @nebulous962

    @nebulous962

    3 жыл бұрын

    Gotta keep the camera cool 😛

  • @purerage7963

    @purerage7963

    3 жыл бұрын

    Probably got that from Joshua Weissman.

  • @rogerthecat929
    @rogerthecat9293 жыл бұрын

    Here I am procrastinating studying for my hvac exam and somehow one of my favorites youtubers posts a video like this. Small world.

  • @SaneTheBro
    @SaneTheBro3 жыл бұрын

    I have always wondered this! Thanks for making this video.

  • @sanmitgaikwad
    @sanmitgaikwad3 жыл бұрын

    I’m getting Joshua Weissman vibes from the intro

  • @henry7001

    @henry7001

    3 жыл бұрын

    Two comments within a minute of one another... damn

  • @dannyj5974

    @dannyj5974

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wrong!...Alton Brown

  • @justhaider6300

    @justhaider6300

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yee

  • @henry7001

    @henry7001

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@justhaider6300 Yee

  • @sanmitgaikwad

    @sanmitgaikwad

    3 жыл бұрын

    BM yeah

  • @dfw_motorrad1329
    @dfw_motorrad13293 жыл бұрын

    Only 50 seconds in and I'm screaming at my monitor "close the door!"

  • @evanlucas8914
    @evanlucas89143 жыл бұрын

    The lake near me used to be an ice lake in the winter. The old canal they would use to float the ice down to the nearest train station is still there. In fact the "ice house" still technically owns the first 2 feet of land starting from the natural shorelines of the lake. Though no one acknowledges that claim since the company is defunct.

  • @AmyJayOnTheWay
    @AmyJayOnTheWay3 жыл бұрын

    The normal appearance of the interior of this fridge gave me a shot of dopamine much needed. Thank you for your realism.

  • @Matando
    @Matando3 жыл бұрын

    I clicked on this video 8 minutes after it released. After watching for 1 minute I, then, got the notification for the video. Good job KZread.

  • @justhaider6300

    @justhaider6300

    3 жыл бұрын

    I get notifications about 2 hours later

  • @19maurice66
    @19maurice663 жыл бұрын

    "Anhydrous", at least here in the the UK, is pronounced as an-hydrous with the stress on the second syllable. As in without water.

  • @jeffreym4964
    @jeffreym49642 жыл бұрын

    WHAT that magnet part sounded so cool! wowsers in my trousers

  • @Cat-ik1wo
    @Cat-ik1wo Жыл бұрын

    Fascinating! Its all interconnected.

  • @aeiiaeiiaeii3777
    @aeiiaeiiaeii37773 жыл бұрын

    The episode I didn't know I needed

  • @TryingtoFood
    @TryingtoFood3 жыл бұрын

    im learning stuff that i never imagined i would learn 😂

  • @mechanicalelizabeth
    @mechanicalelizabeth3 жыл бұрын

    As a refrigeration technician. You explained this very well for people that how little or now experience working on refrigeration systems. ^.^

  • @cruelsummer3021
    @cruelsummer30212 жыл бұрын

    As someone in mechanical engineering I never really thought about refrigeration’s history. This is incredibly interesting!

  • @dannyj5974
    @dannyj59743 жыл бұрын

    Felt like I was watching Good Eats at the beginning.

  • @kadreabrazil

    @kadreabrazil

    2 жыл бұрын

    !!!

  • @thorvaldspear
    @thorvaldspear3 жыл бұрын

    Hold up. Cooling things with magnets? Please tell me more!

  • @paulasimson4939
    @paulasimson49393 жыл бұрын

    Killer ending! Now I stoked to hear all about magnets in refrigerators.

  • @thebassandreas1534
    @thebassandreas15343 жыл бұрын

    I love these informative videos Adam - Keep up the good work

  • @st1uc1f3r
    @st1uc1f3r3 жыл бұрын

    Adam, you won't see this, but "anhydrous" is typically pronounced "anne-high-dross" and describes any chemical where all the water has been removed, not ammonia in particular. Stay fresh

  • @suivzmoi

    @suivzmoi

    3 жыл бұрын

    "This is how I say it, but you do you."

  • @Captain_Correction
    @Captain_Correction3 жыл бұрын

    Next video: “why I season my fridge and not the items in it”

  • @josephgaviota
    @josephgaviota3 жыл бұрын

    My Dad's 1920s GE "monitor top" refrigerator used ammonia, and worked well into the early 2000's. (and it was the electric motor "startup coil" that went bad, not the actual refrigeration).

  • @russellmoore8187
    @russellmoore81872 жыл бұрын

    I have a hyperefficient fridge/freezer, manufactured around 2010, which is *not* frost-free. I have to unload and defrost the freezer once or twice a year - more often if I stupidly put something inside that can give up lots of water, like an ice cube tray. Frost-free fridges use a TON more energy.

  • @TERASSI
    @TERASSI3 жыл бұрын

    Come on, you can’t leave us on such a cliffhanger!

  • @sudochmodx3752
    @sudochmodx37523 жыл бұрын

    This is just a pet peeve of mine, but at 3:29, anhydrous is pronounced an (without) hydrous (water) where the y sounds like an I.

  • @christophertstone

    @christophertstone

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Aemiom it's more of a peeve of people mispronouncing odd words they can't be assed to lookup. I wouldn't expect that most people have heard _anhydrous_ pronounced before, so I wouldn't expect them to know how it's pronounced... If you're making a video look it up. Just Googling the word it'll have a pronunciation guide, the IPA, and a recording of the word.

  • @reesedougall5186
    @reesedougall51862 жыл бұрын

    I work in industrial refrigeration. It's pretty cool. Stuff is super cold and super hot. Pretty cool

  • @Raccoozs
    @Raccoozs3 жыл бұрын

    Intresting vid. I finally learned why my mini fridge cooling plate freezes into a giant ice block

  • @actuallywalter2445
    @actuallywalter24453 жыл бұрын

    QUICK! Get the white wine, hes started talking to fridges!

  • @deus_ex_machina_

    @deus_ex_machina_

    3 жыл бұрын

    Nice profile pic. Cave Story?

  • @actuallywalter2445

    @actuallywalter2445

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@deus_ex_machina_ yes, nice

  • @valencehockey1668
    @valencehockey16683 жыл бұрын

    0:21 Those words.....

  • @henry7001

    @henry7001

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yup...

  • @frequentlycynical642
    @frequentlycynical6423 жыл бұрын

    As a COD....Certified Old Dude.......with years of knowledge and experience accumulation.....I'm always impressed about what Adam includes in these not cooking videos. I'm always thinking of facts, trivia perhaps, on a topic, and damned if Adam doesn't bring these up. Time and again. Refrigeration trivia: The first device to make ice used solar energy to heat the refrigerant. Early 19th century.

  • @NinjaNuggets21
    @NinjaNuggets213 жыл бұрын

    Damn what a cliffhanger. I was learning so much! Thank you adam

  • @jayfromd.r.g.2644
    @jayfromd.r.g.26443 жыл бұрын

    Ironic, you're posting this video the day my refrigerator broke.

  • @marko6932
    @marko69323 жыл бұрын

    makes me want to listen to "The Icemen - Harsh Truth"

  • @rodU65
    @rodU653 жыл бұрын

    My fist froze free refrigerator I got it like 10 years back. In my contry you can still buy the froze ones as new, not so common now but 10 years back they were.

  • @SA3Future
    @SA3Future3 жыл бұрын

    I really love these food videos that go beyond the food itself

  • @FingeringThings
    @FingeringThings3 жыл бұрын

    Some whacky technology going on inside a fridge

  • @hejichs

    @hejichs

    3 жыл бұрын

    *Y e a h*

  • @nickNcar
    @nickNcar3 жыл бұрын

    Used to have a fridge outside on our back by porch and living in a humid place like florida after a few years the freezer was covered in ice even though we rarely used it

  • @willfrye1987
    @willfrye19873 жыл бұрын

    I love Adam Ragusa and these videos!

  • @glitchyrhythm6749
    @glitchyrhythm67493 жыл бұрын

    Does anybody know if this guy's from Macon Georgia?

  • @Edudokram

    @Edudokram

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Seth Dugan Omg is he? that is crazy I had no idea he never talks about it wow

  • @marcelmusterman742

    @marcelmusterman742

    3 жыл бұрын

    Markodude Lol Thats the First thing you See over the Title

  • @dailyblankscreen7938

    @dailyblankscreen7938

    3 жыл бұрын

    He’s mentioned it multiple times.....

  • @Edudokram

    @Edudokram

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@dailyblankscreen7938 Its sarcasm......

  • @Edudokram

    @Edudokram

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@marcelmusterman742 Yes, yes it is

  • @nickazarmusic
    @nickazarmusic3 жыл бұрын

    Wow Adam, refrigeration is so cool! But you know what isn't cool? racism 😔

  • @dailyblankscreen7938

    @dailyblankscreen7938

    3 жыл бұрын

    E

  • @michaelazar9339

    @michaelazar9339

    3 жыл бұрын

    F

  • @DrEdward

    @DrEdward

    3 жыл бұрын

    u right

  • @iis.1989
    @iis.19893 жыл бұрын

    Love this kind of videos. Thank you.

  • @michaelcrescenzi1587
    @michaelcrescenzi15873 жыл бұрын

    I used to work as a refrigeration engineer, R290 aka pure propane has become the new standard for home refrigeration. Propane is a very efficient refrigerant, poses no toxicity risk and is environmentally inert. While it is flammable, the amount used in a very large home refrigerator is very miniscule, about 12-20 bic lighters worth. Your refrigerator or window AC unit probably uses much less.

  • @DjProfiK
    @DjProfiK3 жыл бұрын

    Great video, Adam!

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