Hot Water Defrost

[Argus]

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I came across an old newspaper from 1955 the other day with this interesting piece on the front page.

January 1955 was a very brisk winter, judging by the headlines.

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[expat]

January 17, 1955
Three Nuns Killed
Slidel, Los Angeles, Monday,-
Three Roman Catholic Nuns died
from electrocution while attempting
to serve a glass of water from a
tap apparently wired up to....

[surjit singh]

hello to all and i want blast freezer calculations

[surjit singh]

January 17, 1955
Three Nuns Killed
Slidel, Los Angeles, Monday,-
Three Roman Catholic Nuns died
from electrocution while attempting
to serve a glass of water from a
tap apparently wired up to....

thank you very much

[US Iceman]

For the non-believers...

I have heard of arc welding machines being connected to the re-bar in the concrete floors of freezers to thaw out the frost heave in the floors.

[Argus]

............... I'm not making it up.

This paper is still published, but RCDs must have killed this trade off...........


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[expat]

Argus, I see from the headlines that you're not making it up! It's inventive stuff though, I have to say.
And to think this was fifty years ago??? I would never have thought of something so obvious, but I suppose that's because inventive ideas are illegal these days; as they have first to be passed by this board and then that union and Lord knows what governing bodies. And if the people are dying of dehydration. It's their fault after all, as they didn't fill in the paperwork.