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Unread 02-10-2004, 02:23 PM   #6
Groth
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The question you need to ask yourself is "Where is the heat going?"

With a bong the heat is carried away as the latent heat of vaporization of your water. In your diagram, the only way for heat to leave is through the walls and into the air - essentially you've made a passive radiator.
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