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The hottest time of day is 3:00 PM and, due to heat-lag, the hottest time of day _inside_ a house is a little bit after that. Since I set the thermostat higher
by coryfklein 9y ago
The hottest time of day is 3:00 PM and, due to heat-lag, the hottest time of day _inside_ a house is a little bit after that. Since I set the thermostat higher while I'm gone during the day, this means the house can be roasting by the time I return and require 3-4 hours of AC for it to get more manageable.
And no, our washing and drying can not be done on a weekend. We have 3 kids and if we waited for a weekend to do our laundry then that is the only thing we'd be doing all Saturday long.
- rnosov 9y agoIn such case you might want to use this thermal lag to your advantage. Set AC to cool your house as much as possible during the midday and you'll come back to hopefully much cooler house in the evening ( so no need to run air conditioner ). Here essentially you would be using the thermal mass of your entire house as an energy storage medium. With washing, if you have to do it every day you might want to start it right after the sunrise when you're likely to to leave for work. If your kids are old enough you can instruct them to take the washing out and put into a dryer as soon as they get home. The point is you'll need to make some changes to your lifestyle and habits but these changes are not as severe and problematic as some people claim.
- QuotedForTruth 9y ago"Since I set the thermostat higher while I'm gone during the day" Aren't you looking for a way to store excess solar power generated during the day? Use it to cool your house! If your house is at 68 when the sun goes down and power generation stops, you may very well be fine without AC until the morning. Use the power when its generated and you don't need as big of a battery to store it for later use.