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Ha! You are totally right. Yes, at 430 Watts we are talking about substantial heat transfer. Without getting into the calculus, if we approximate that the heat transfer will stay constant for a short period of time, then in the first second, we will lose roughly 8.2 degrees. Yup, you are correct, the thing will be damn cold.


Believe me, I'm not gloating. I can't count the number of times I've drawn a bogus conclusion after missing a critical calculation step.




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