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- From: carl@Cayman.COM (Carl Heinzl)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
- Subject: Re: How to cut back my heat bill?
- Message-ID: <CARL.92Nov23162250@atlantis.Cayman.COM>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 21:22:50 GMT
- References: <92325.085334F0O@psuvm.psu.edu> <20NOV199216305953@watson.bms.com>
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- In-reply-to: bullock@watson.bms.com's message of 20 Nov 92 21:30:00 GMT
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- >takes more energy to raise them X deg F). When you increase the temperature
- >of your thermostat, your furnace will run until _all_ of the interior
- >(walls, possessions as well air) has risen to the desired temperature.
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- Gee, I've *never* seen a thermostat that reads the temperatures at
- every point in the entire house including walls, posessions, etc.
-
- The thermostat reads the temperature in ONE place and turns the heat
- off and on according to the temperature it sees. There are always
- thermal gradients (differences in temperature) inside rooms, in fact,
- that's what helps to heat up rooms that have radiators or finboard
- (hot water). Hot air rises and sets up very small eddy currents that
- move the air throughout the room nice and slow. You don't normally
- feel these currents, unlike forced hot air!!! The outside walls are
- generally the coldest part of the room (well, except for the windows),
- followed by the floor (unles you have radiant floor heating of course
- :^) ) and the most heat is up by the ceiling, just where you don't
- really want it.
-
- -Carl-
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