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Heat people not spaces has been a mantra of mine for decades. It may not be AS comfortable but it is far from unpleasant.
by NovaPenguin 4y ago
Heat people not spaces has been a mantra of mine for decades. It may not be AS comfortable but it is far from unpleasant.
- nradov 4y agoIt's rather unpleasant to have cold hands all the time.
- jolmg 4y agoIf you mean because gloves prevent you from doing a lot of stuff while you have them on, I've found fingerless wool gloves to be great at keeping my hands warm while letting me e.g. type on a keyboard, grab stuff from my pockets, from my wallet, etc.
- petrochenkov 4y agoIt's also rather unpleasant to wear clothing in general. If there's an opportunity to reduce it to the minimum, I'd rather use it. That's why I like my commieblocks with central heating.
- sofixa 4y ago> That's why I like my commieblocks with central heating. As long as they had proper insulation from construction or a retrofit they're great. The one i grew up (built by Construction Troops in a hurry) had terrible insulation, with newspapers used to fill gaps between the windows and the walls during construction, but after the (government-sponsored) renewal of the exterior it's pretty damn good.
- ygra 4y agoHow does that work in preventing mold in dwellings, though? Moist air (byproduct of living things in enclosed spaces) likes settling on cool walls, so heating has other benefits than just keeping a comfortable living temperature.
- hutzlibu 4y agoThis is a real problem and ventilating often helps, but depending on the air humidity and walls you have to heat above a certain temperature, yes.
- xupybd 4y agoI lived for years too poor to heat. Mold is a real issue. No amount of cleaning and ventilation makes up for not heating your home. In my last year of study I was writing up my honours project and I had to stop to wipe the condensation off of my monitor. Mind you, it was about 2am.
- piyh 4y agoI stayed overnight in an old castle. The owners didn't have enough money to keep it for a while in the water damage it caused was ridiculous. Castles are dependent on fires in every room to drive the leaking water out.
- adrianN 4y agoYou can probably not avoid heating your home completely (unless you constantly have a window open), but you can lower the temperature by a couple of degrees without having mold problems if you also keep an eye on humidity.
- OJFord 4y agoDehumidifying & ventilating will be more effective anyway.
- hackernewds 4y agodehumidifier. no need to heat
- klondike_klive 4y agoTotal game changer. Pouring out a tank full of water that otherwise would have gone into your walls is still a delight. And the waste heat warms the room up too.
- lynx23 4y agoNot for everyone. The more clothes I have to wear, the more I sweat. And that is unpleasant.
- hutzlibu 4y agoIf you sweat, you wear too much clothes or the wrong kind. Wool is nice and merino wool is the best. Some synthetic stuff might also work, but is not so nice on the skin and some fiber just acts like a plastic sheet, meaning trapping all moisture inside. But to repeat, we climbers and winter campers use merino wool. It is a bit more expensive, but worth it.
- lynx23 4y agoExactly. If I sweat, I wear too much clothes. So the "islotate yourself" mantra does not work for me.
- adrianN 4y agoI don't understand. Do you sweat and still feel cold?
- lynx23 4y agoAlmost. I typically sweat due to too much clothing, which results in me feeling cold.
- danwee 4y agoWhat's weird about that? My armpits could be sweating (e.g., wearning a t-shirt + sweater) but my hands (no gloves) could be freezing.
- bearmode 4y agoDifferent parts of your body can feel hotter or colder, because the sensation of temperature is not about your internal body temp, but the heat transfer at the skin. Hands with a pair of gloves on will feel colder than e.g. armpits under 3 layers of clothing. It's absolutely possible to sweat and still feel somewhat cold.
- Jenda_ 4y agoIt is easy to get electrical blanket, heated shoe insoles etc. (use 12V/"car plug" versions if you don't trust the electrical isolation) However, I want "cool people, not spaces" for summer, and it seems rather difficult to find such products - e.g. some kind of blanket and jacket with tubes, and some small compressor-based chiller (Peltier cells are solid-state, but the efficiency is terrible). Any suggestions?