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These kind of things are fun to think about and tricky to solve. My thermostat in my hallway for example, if I set to 69, will turn off but it still feels cold.
by seiferteric 9y ago
These kind of things are fun to think about and tricky to solve. My thermostat in my hallway for example, if I set to 69, will turn off but it still feels cold. I used an IR thermometer to see that it is 69 right at the height of the thermostat, but is a gradient down to the floor where it is like 65. So there are thermal layers in the house. I started to put a small fan on the floor blowing up at the thermostat that will both mix the layers and blow the cold floor temp up at the thermostat. It will kick on and after a bit the whole house will be uniformly toasty :) I started to think why this kind of thing was not built in, but it would require air inlets and outlets at ground level and ceiling level and two thermometers, so it starts to sound too complicated and expensive. I see why people like in-floor heating now.
- mhb 9y agoWouldn't setting the thermostat higher to compensate for that do the same thing?
- seiferteric 9y agoNo, then my head is hot and my feet are cold :)
- st26 9y agoThis is partly solved with a right-sized furnace. A well insulated house with a huge furnace will run the furnace for two minutes an hour. Whereas a small furnace might run forty-five minutes an hour. The overall gas usage will be the same, or maybe even lower, and there is significantly more even heating & mixing.
- rblatz 9y agoCeiling fans have a switch that reverses the direction it spins. Specifically for that reason, one direction is for summer and the other is for winter.
- triplesec 9y agoThis is interesting: I never knew that was the reason. Downwards for summer to fan you, I presume..? but upwards in winter why? Or am I backwards here?