pageflight@piefed.social to Mildly InterestingEnglish · 24 days agoThermal image of running on a treadmillmedia.piefed.socialimagemessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up1194arrow-down13
arrow-up1191arrow-down1imageThermal image of running on a treadmillmedia.piefed.socialpageflight@piefed.social to Mildly InterestingEnglish · 24 days agomessage-square11linkfedilink
minus-squareJustAnotherKaylinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down2·24 days agoI wonder how much of the heat coming from the treadmill is electrical and how much of it is biological
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·24 days agoNeither is a major source of heat here, most of this is friction, the running mat drags against a static surface and with the weight of a human on it it has a LOT of friction and that generates heat.
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·23 days agoAlso, regularly lubricate your treadmills if you want any durability.
minus-squareTrexlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·edit-224 days agoI’d say that all of the yellow on the tread is friction from running on it
minus-squarebdonvr@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up7·24 days agoProbably friction from the fact that it has to constantly slide while being pressed into the plate under the tread with the force of an adult human.
I wonder how much of the heat coming from the treadmill is electrical and how much of it is biological
Neither is a major source of heat here, most of this is friction, the running mat drags against a static surface and with the weight of a human on it it has a LOT of friction and that generates heat.
Also, regularly lubricate your treadmills if you want any durability.
I’d say that all of the yellow on the tread is friction from running on it
Probably friction from the fact that it has to constantly slide while being pressed into the plate under the tread with the force of an adult human.
Neither. It’s friction.