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Isn't the thermal cycling greater outdoor than indoor because of the differences in the outdoor temperature between day and night? So most ordinary materials in
by duckmysick 19d ago
Isn't the thermal cycling greater outdoor than indoor because of the differences in the outdoor temperature between day and night? So most ordinary materials indoors should be fine with a delta of even 10 Kelvins/10 Celsius/18 F.
All of the material thermal failures I can think of come from localized and more extreme sources: electronics, lightbulbs, washing/drying clothes, washing dishes in a dishwasher. Water below freezing point too, but that's because the temperature fell below a threshold. None of these are from heating or cooling rooms directly with HVAC.
- userbinator 18d agoYes, it's MUCH worse outdoors, but indoor temperature (and humidity) swings are not good either. I guess most people here just haven't paid enough attention to it as it's a very long-term effect, but definitely noticeable.
- duckmysick 17d agoSo did you have two rooms with the same objects in them but different temperature swings, over a long period of time, and then compared? What's the baseline and what's the safe delta?