This is how hot it gets here
#26
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I live in North Florida and my Garage will get up to 125 or 130 on really hot days, but I have never had that experience in my conditions. I do run a smaller warehouse type fan to keep the air moving and eliminate the humid air just sitting on things in the garage, but different conditions between Florida and Nevada for sure.
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Man, I feel like that some times! So freaking hot. This time of year, I won't even ride in Vegas because I can't get there early enough. Hoping by September it might cool off enough I can do the Red Rock loop or Lake Mead loop in the morning.
I need to get some air movement in my garage. It has one west facing window that lets in afternoon sun and it can just get cooking in there.
But as for Florida, I have family on the west coast, around Ft. Myers. Actually going to be flying out there for a visit next week. Not looking forward to that humidity.
I live in North Florida and my Garage will get up to 125 or 130 on really hot days, but I have never had that experience in my conditions. I do run a smaller warehouse type fan to keep the air moving and eliminate the humid air just sitting on things in the garage, but different conditions between Florida and Nevada for sure.
But as for Florida, I have family on the west coast, around Ft. Myers. Actually going to be flying out there for a visit next week. Not looking forward to that humidity.
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Man, I feel like that some times! So freaking hot. This time of year, I won't even ride in Vegas because I can't get there early enough. Hoping by September it might cool off enough I can do the Red Rock loop or Lake Mead loop in the morning.
I need to get some air movement in my garage. It has one west facing window that lets in afternoon sun and it can just get cooking in there.
But as for Florida, I have family on the west coast, around Ft. Myers. Actually going to be flying out there for a visit next week. Not looking forward to that humidity.
I need to get some air movement in my garage. It has one west facing window that lets in afternoon sun and it can just get cooking in there.
But as for Florida, I have family on the west coast, around Ft. Myers. Actually going to be flying out there for a visit next week. Not looking forward to that humidity.
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From: Jacksonville, FL
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...I need to get some air movement in my garage. It has one west facing window that lets in afternoon sun and it can just get cooking in there.
But as for Florida, I have family on the west coast, around Ft. Myers. Actually going to be flying out there for a visit next week. Not looking forward to that humidity.
But as for Florida, I have family on the west coast, around Ft. Myers. Actually going to be flying out there for a visit next week. Not looking forward to that humidity.
Yea the humidity down there this time of year is brutal. We have gotten quite a bit a rain the couple of weeks where I live and my glasses immediately fog when I walk outside. Started raining about 3 pm and did not stop until 10 pm, which means its going to rain again tomorrow as all that moisture is just going back into the air when the sun comes out to play. My ride today was so hot and humid, my HR was up about 20 points so I cut it off a bit earlier than I wanted to.
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I absolutely hate the humidity, and I grew up in the South. Funny story (kind of). I grew up in north Mississippi where it's hot and humid 6 months out of the year. I went into the military and got stationed in North Carolina. When I got there people warned me about how hot and humid it was. I scoffed, like it could be any hotter or more humid than Mississippi. It was. Then, I got stationed in Okinawa and people warned me about how hot and humid it was. I scoffed, like it could be any hotter and more humid than North Carolina. It was.
But I've lived in Nevada now for over 25 years. I do hate the summers, but I do not miss that humidity. When I go back to visit family, even in the winter months, I can feel that humidity and it's just oppressive to me.
But I've lived in Nevada now for over 25 years. I do hate the summers, but I do not miss that humidity. When I go back to visit family, even in the winter months, I can feel that humidity and it's just oppressive to me.
#32
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Slight quibble- how are you getting 112psi here? I'm getting 115 psi.
70F = 294 K
140F = 333K
ratio = 1.132
100psi => 114.7psi in absolute pressure
114.7psi * 1.132 = 129.9psi
129.9psi => 115psi in overpressure.
Technically it would be more than 115psi in overpressure because the atmospheric pressure would be lower in that heat
(yes I need to get a life)
70F = 294 K
140F = 333K
ratio = 1.132
100psi => 114.7psi in absolute pressure
114.7psi * 1.132 = 129.9psi
129.9psi => 115psi in overpressure.
Technically it would be more than 115psi in overpressure because the atmospheric pressure would be lower in that heat
(yes I need to get a life)

Last edited by Duragrouch; 07-28-24 at 01:27 AM.
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I have never left my bike in a car but that wouldn't surprise me. I would argue that a vehicle is a slightly more intense environment than a garage, but quibbles.
But on a related note, I recall an episode of Mythbusters that supposedly busted the "mytb" that soda bottle or cans can explode in a vehicle. I'm going to bust their bust because that has happened to me a couple of times.
But on a related note, I recall an episode of Mythbusters that supposedly busted the "mytb" that soda bottle or cans can explode in a vehicle. I'm going to bust their bust because that has happened to me a couple of times.
Last edited by Duragrouch; 07-28-24 at 01:28 AM.
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I just use a common food pokey dial thermometer, not as good a resolution as it goes 0 to 220 F, but it works until I get something better. Easy to recalibrate if needed.





