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Plan your circulation: in every room, one high vent, one low vent, both with smart open/close, Winter: warm air comes in from the bottom vent, goes out from th
by fizixer 6y ago
Plan your circulation: in every room, one high vent, one low vent, both with smart open/close,
Winter: warm air comes in from the bottom vent, goes out from the top vent
Summer: cool air comes in from the top vent, goes out from the bottom vent
This dual inlet/outlet role from the same vent will have to be managed by some kind of valves/directer-plates inside the ducts.
a smart thermostat in every room
Vent open/close percentage controlled by each room's temperature (essentially vent acts like a per-room thermostat, while the main thermostat controls the overall/average temperature).
Disclaimer: I'm not an HVAC person.
- t-writescode 6y agoWhy would cool air come in front the top vent in the summer?
- fizixer 6y agoBecause hot air rises. If cool air came in from the bottom vent, all the cool air will accumulate in the bottom half of the room, hot air accumulates in the top half. When you stand up, your face feels hot, feet are cold.
- t-writescode 6y agoRight. So are you meaning more than a vent but also cooling, then? Because it’ll just be hot air up there instead.
- fizixer 6y agoBy vent I meant both in and out (but one vent only doing one thing at a time). On more thought, I guess making hot air exit from top is always easier. So no need to switch: air comes in from the bottom vent (hot in winter, cool in summer) and out from the top?
- fizixer 6y agoOn further thought, two high vents, two low vents. Winter: lower vents on (one inlet, one outlet). upper closed. Summer: upper vents on (one inlet, one outlet). lower closed. The vents should be far apart to ensure cirulation (definitely not next to each other).
- kevinh456 6y agoIn florida we only have vents in the ceiling because you want to cool the air at the top and throw it into fans and then use the fans to circulate it through the room.