Re: Urban Legends and warm water.

["superpat" <superpat@ccountry.net>]

>
> Urban legends
>
> So they found out that if you put a cold ice cube tray in the freezer and
also
> put a hot ice cub tray
> in the freezer, the hot tray will freeze faster then the cold tray.  The
reason
> this is simple.  Your
> freezer works at a temp at around 40 degrees (depending on your likes).
If you
> put a 40ish degree
> ice cube tray in the 40 degree freezer, it will take about 1.5hrs for your
> freezer to freeze it.
>
> BUT.. if you put a hot tray....say at 70 degrees, the freezer now has to
work
> harder to cool down the
> inside of the freezer, so the hot tray will freeze in about 45 minuets
This
> also works with a hot potato,
> or any other hot item you stick in the freezer.  So you can leave cold
trays in
> your freezer and toss
> in a hot potato and your ice cubes will freez faster.  So this has nothing
to do
> with degree of the
> water in the tray.
>
Huh???????