XNUMX things you shouldn't leave in your car in the winter
Everyone knows that when leaving the car in the parking lot, it is better not to leave any valuable items, money, documents, and the like in its cabin. But in winter, not only a passer-by thief can deprive you of the right thing, but also frost.
In the cold season, the “what will happen to it (to the thing)” approach does not always promise the absence of unpleasant consequences, even if criminal elements are not interested in the contents of the car’s interior and trunk.
So, for example, not all foodstuffs and drinks will benefit from a close and long acquaintance with low temperatures.
As you know, water expands when it freezes. Therefore, glass containers with drinks forgotten in a car are the first candidates for destruction by frost. Wine or sweet soda spilled from a bottle broken by ice will then become an unpleasant surprise to the owner.
Glass jars with baby food or favorite grandmother's pickles and jams should also not be left in the car alone with the cold. As for metal cans, freezing them often leads to bloating. Meanwhile, the swelling of the jar is a sure sign that botulism has attacked the “canned food”.
Playing "roulette" (whether or not its contents have deteriorated) under the threat of deadly poisoning is an amateur occupation, as they say. Chicken eggs, by the way, also strive to crack when the yolk-protein freezes.
Some drugs are also under the threat of actual death from the cold. With those of them that contain water and are packaged in glass containers, everything is clear - by analogy with the above-described case with drinking. Many drugs require storage at a low, but still positive temperature, while others at room temperature. If the storage conditions are violated, the medicine can not only lose its properties, but even become poisonous to some extent.
A prime example of such a substance is insulin. Similar storage requirements apply to some antibiotics, vaccines, and other medicines.
It is impossible not to dwell on the topic of gadgets and, first of all, smartphones, often left by the owners to freeze in the car.
Most manufacturers of this electronics allow its operation in frost down to -10ºС. Even at such temperatures, not to mention lower ones, the battery capacity of the device drops and it soon turns off altogether. If, returning to the car, put the frozen smartphone on charge, the heat generated in the “battery” of the smartphone can lead to its rapid expansion and deformation of the entire device. Such cases were officially recorded.
In addition, if you bring a frozen gadget into a warm room and turn it on, water condensation may form on its internal surfaces. It is possible that over time this water will cause the device to fail.
By the way, the experts of the Tribolt portal write very well about how to warm up the car interior faster in winter.
