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console problem?

  • jjbagley     5th Jul 2012 Member 0 Permalink

    when ever i try to chand the temperature of somthing using the console i get a different temperature. for example, i typed in ' !set temp all 22 ' and it changes the temperature of everything to -251.15 degres C. What the heck?

  • Dawgie     5th Jul 2012 Member 1 Permalink
    @jjbagley (View Post)
    because the console temp is in degrees kelvin and the rest in in degrees Celsius
  • Jallibad     6th Jul 2012 Member 0 Permalink

    @jjbagley (View Post)

     add to 273.15 to whatever temperature you want the element to end up as.  It's really annoying though...

  • boxmein     6th Jul 2012 Former Staff 0 Permalink
    @jjbagley (View Post)
    Basically, the (frankly, I think at least the console should still work in Celsius) console subtracts 273.15 from each value to produce another scale called the "Kelvin". Why 273.15? Because at 0K, it's an absolute zero of heat and it goes up from there. PT displays heats in Celsius but works in Kelvin so you have to convert when using PROP or the console.
    0 Celsius -> 273.15 Kelvin
    22 Celsius -> 273.15 + 22 -> 295.15 Kelvin
    Enter VALUE + 273.15 to get the proper temperature. You'll have to add it up yourself. :(
  • jjbagley     6th Jul 2012 Member 0 Permalink

    ok thanks guys!

    @boxmein (View Post)

     hahaha i can!!

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