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Tall Boy
Old quants work less.
At 15 years old, this
2.7-m-tall fridge is one
of the lab’s elders. It
doesn’t get the
attention younger kids
do. The narrow frame
makes wiring it tricky,
and chilling it requires
lifting a huge cooling
vat from a manhole in
the floor. Still, if there’s
no vacancy in the
newer setups, students
will pull this out for
quick research.