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The heat is to make it feel better. The ice is to take down swelling. The standard advice is RICE: rest, ice, compression (like an Ace bandage), elevation (prop it up with some pillows etc, or rest with the injured area above your heart). Heat will relax a muscle spasm, cramps, or pulled muscle but won't help with healing a sprain or tear.
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Should you ice or heat shin splints?
It's best to switch off heating and icing shin splints.
Is it a good idea to let a skillet heat up empty or should you put oil or butter in it before heating?
butter
When the icing should be done after making cake?
Once the cake has cooled and has no heat radiating from it at all. Then the icing will go on the cake easier and better.
What should you never heat a substance in?
That really depends on what you are trying to heat and how you are heating it.
Will a can of beans explode under heat?
Any sealed container that is exposed to high heat can explode. Unopened cans and jars should never be heated. They need to be opened before heating.
Why should you stop heating the solution before the liquid has completely evaporated?
The reason one should stop heating the solution before the liquid has completely evaporated is because heat will continue to carry over even after it is removed from the flame. This means that the liquid will continue to evaporate for a little longer.
Why the temperature of water the same as room temperature before heating?
The temp is the heat so it can't be hotter than the heat :)
Where could someone purchase a heating cable?
Heating cables come under quite a few different names but are essentially the same product. They can be called heat tapes or heat tracing tapes, self regulating cables or roof and gutter de-icing cables. They should be purchased, whatever the name, from a specialist to ensure that they meet building and health and safety standars such as the Ice Dam company who will also install them for you.
Why should heating vents be placed on the floor?
Heating vents should be placed on or near the floor because heat rises. In rising, it will warm the air of the room. If the heating vent were near the ceiling, the room would stay chilly, even though heat was being poured into it.
When should you use emergency heat?
During an emergency. i.e. when the heat pump is not working. If your heat pump can not keep your house warm, then the auxiliary heating coils (same thing as emergency heat) will come on automatically. If not, then there is a problem with your heating system.
In order to heat a room should heating vents be placed near the floor or near the ceiling of the room?
Heating vents should be located near the floor since hot air rises. If the heating vents are located near the ceiling the heat would stay there and not warm the room.
Should heating vents be placed near the floor or near the ceiling of the room?
Heating vents should be placed near or on the floor in a room because heat travels up not down.
