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In general you're right but that only works well in the long term if the temperature drops during the night to be able to keep the inside temperature cool enoug
by simias 7y ago
In general you're right but that only works well in the long term if the temperature drops during the night to be able to keep the inside temperature cool enough for the day.
Last summer in Provence when we had the heat wave that lasted for weeks you had to live in a grotto to get a fresh atmosphere.
- madaxe_again 7y agoYeah - we’ve always used the shutters to regulate the temperature inside - my mother has lived here thirty years. As you say, it’s when it starts to get cumulative that it stops working. The days have been touching 40, the nights 30 - I’ve been doing astronomy in shorts and a t-shirt - feels weird. The upshot is that at night, the walls radiate the day’s heat - normally, this is welcome, as it smooths out the daily temperature cycle (and provides an infrared lamp for cold astronomers) - but right now it’s just slowly getting hotter and hotter on the southern end of the house, as it’s absorbing more than it’s radiating. And yeah, we stumble around in the dark and head out into the anvil of the sun. Even the insects have given up and shut up. Hot in the height of summer is normal here - but this is both early in the year, and those few degrees make a big difference at high humidity - above/below body temperature. I’ve been more comfortable than I am right now in 55 degrees in a desert, as in the bone-dry air, sweating works remarkably well, as long as you stay hydrated.
- xbmcuser 7y agoAre ceiling fans used in Europe or at least where you live. As it could be an opportunity for someone to import and sell ceiling fans in European cities where there is hot humid summer with no breeze suddenly as previously no market for them.
- Nux 7y agoYes, ceiling fans are plenty popular, from Eastern Europe to England.
- mytailorisrich 7y agoNever saw one...