The temp setting in a kitchen refrigerator is a knob with numbers 1 -10
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The temp setting in a kitchen refrigerator is a knob with numbers 1 -10
It is labeled "Temperature Control"
Next to 1 it says "min"
Next to 10 it says "max"Which setting will make it the coldest?
@futurebird My rationale: it's a machine that produces cold... if you want more cold, you have to make the machine work harder, therefore you turn it "up". i.e: 10 is colder than 1.
It's a bit dumb, and certainly open to misinterpretation. I posit that a dial with temperatures would be more sensible, and has probably been within our technical grasp for a while (pretty sure it's on more expensive fridges!).
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The temp setting in a kitchen refrigerator is a knob with numbers 1 -10
It is labeled "Temperature Control"
Next to 1 it says "min"
Next to 10 it says "max"Which setting will make it the coldest?
@futurebird it's the speed of the compressor. The higher the faster it cools and thus the colder it gets.
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@futurebird My rationale: it's a machine that produces cold... if you want more cold, you have to make the machine work harder, therefore you turn it "up". i.e: 10 is colder than 1.
It's a bit dumb, and certainly open to misinterpretation. I posit that a dial with temperatures would be more sensible, and has probably been within our technical grasp for a while (pretty sure it's on more expensive fridges!).
@attie @futurebird my rationale (and conclusion) too
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The temp setting in a kitchen refrigerator is a knob with numbers 1 -10
It is labeled "Temperature Control"
Next to 1 it says "min"
Next to 10 it says "max"Which setting will make it the coldest?
@futurebird my Subaru and Toyota’s wiper indicators are opposite. One is higher speed, one is larger duration. What a silly thing to never standardize.
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The temp setting in a kitchen refrigerator is a knob with numbers 1 -10
It is labeled "Temperature Control"
Next to 1 it says "min"
Next to 10 it says "max"Which setting will make it the coldest?
@futurebird does the manual say anything?
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The temp setting in a kitchen refrigerator is a knob with numbers 1 -10
It is labeled "Temperature Control"
Next to 1 it says "min"
Next to 10 it says "max"Which setting will make it the coldest?
@futurebird This is possibly the best use of Mastodon poll I’ve ever seen. I voted, but with little confidence. And I own a refrigerator, too. I hope you’ll post the "correct" answer afterward.
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The temp setting in a kitchen refrigerator is a knob with numbers 1 -10
It is labeled "Temperature Control"
Next to 1 it says "min"
Next to 10 it says "max"Which setting will make it the coldest?
@futurebird That's a big pet peeve of mine!
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@futurebird I am uncommonly bad at this sort of thing. Is "turn the thermostat up" hotter or colder? And that's a situation where you just have to dial in how many degrees you want it to be
On the heating => hotter. On the fridge => colder. Both have thermostats.
(At least this is what I think ...)
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@futurebird I have no idea, so would try setting it to 5 and hoping for the best.
@Dewines @futurebird This is the only correct answer and the reason every fridge I’ve ever seen has been at “5”.
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@futurebird The proper temperature setting of a refrigerator is 5 degrees C. "Temperature Control" clearly determines how precisely this value is kept, the stiffness of the thermostat. The long-term mean temperature is not affected by the knob, just how much it wiggles around it.
I'll let myself out
Yes. Why not introduce another wrinkle.
The hobbyist sophists' society is just around the corner.
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@futurebird Interesting example of how people interpret stuff... I feel like they should have left the words off, the numbers were clear until the words unnecessarily complicated it.
I'd like to contradict: Things were clear until @futurebird brought her natural sciences PoV in.
"Ordinary" people (whatever that means) interpret "max" as "more of what the device does for me", in the case of the fridge "cooling".
Conclusion: Natural scientists are not normal. (I am allowed to say this (I hope), I am one of them).
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The temp setting in a kitchen refrigerator is a knob with numbers 1 -10
It is labeled "Temperature Control"
Next to 1 it says "min"
Next to 10 it says "max"Which setting will make it the coldest?
@futurebird
Clearly, the correct answer is to put the word "COLD" on there. -
The temp setting in a kitchen refrigerator is a knob with numbers 1 -10
It is labeled "Temperature Control"
Next to 1 it says "min"
Next to 10 it says "max"Which setting will make it the coldest?
@futurebird turn it to 11
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@futurebird Maybe the truth is somewhere in the middle.
@Jo @futurebird no, the truth is out there
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The temp setting in a kitchen refrigerator is a knob with numbers 1 -10
It is labeled "Temperature Control"
Next to 1 it says "min"
Next to 10 it says "max"Which setting will make it the coldest?
@futurebird I have so many questions about this poll
I chose 1, obviously
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The temp setting in a kitchen refrigerator is a knob with numbers 1 -10
It is labeled "Temperature Control"
Next to 1 it says "min"
Next to 10 it says "max"Which setting will make it the coldest?
@futurebird haha these are just impossible! Why don’t they add some symbols like one, two, five snowflakes? (Btw Italian home appliance manuals are the absolute nightmare. They make no sense whatsoever. But Japanese ones- everything is beautifully logical)
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The temp setting in a kitchen refrigerator is a knob with numbers 1 -10
It is labeled "Temperature Control"
Next to 1 it says "min"
Next to 10 it says "max"Which setting will make it the coldest?
@futurebird I hope a sharpie is employed to annotate the controls after you figure it out.
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The temp setting in a kitchen refrigerator is a knob with numbers 1 -10
It is labeled "Temperature Control"
Next to 1 it says "min"
Next to 10 it says "max"Which setting will make it the coldest?
@futurebird It’s 2026 for God’s sake. Just give me a damn thermostat with a temperature I can precisely choose.
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@futurebird This is possibly the best use of Mastodon poll I’ve ever seen. I voted, but with little confidence. And I own a refrigerator, too. I hope you’ll post the "correct" answer afterward.
@gleick @futurebird oh, you own one? Is your refrigerator running?
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@gleick @futurebird oh, you own one? Is your refrigerator running?
@evan @futurebird yes, and I'm old enough to remember that gag.
