HOT day here in the armpit of KY,,, Only 90sumpin, but humid to boot. Sweat doesn’t cool the way it should unless the breeze picks up (not enough IMO)
But came home from J.O.B. and house interior is over 80 degrees. Still cooler than the outside, but warmer than usual this time of year.
What changed? I cut those three trees down and they used to shade the house from around 11am to 2 pm. Not so much now,,, Direct sunlight during those hours and the house is definitely taking note of it.
But thats quite alright. The fact that my solar panels don’t see shade all day is a Grand bonus,,, I could double up my battery bank and not see dips (during summer,,, winter, different story) But I have options to cool the house not yet inplace.
One option is that Mass Heater, or a variation of it, or should I say a slight modification to the air flow through it,,, I don’t want to spill to much information as I haven’t thought it all the way through, and lots of it will depend on what I actually build here in the house (note: I haven’t ‘quit’ the idea, just that there is so much going on with Da and properties, and yah,,, ) Biggest thing I need to deal with before that starts is getting this big monstrous hunk of iron and brick out of house. Its right smack dab in the middle of ground zero of where I want to build. And I don’t want to sell it off as there is real possibility we will need to install it at Da’s new digs.
And its hot,,, just wanna lay under a fan for a few.
and that is exactly what I am going to do after I hit the publish button. SIESTA,,, Sleep through the “UGH!” and get bizzy with the cooling evening hours until ‘can’t see’,,,
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Cooling in summer, heating in winter – an idea I read about years ago (and never saw mention of it again) – run about 100′ of 4″ non-perforated weeping tile underground into your house, then a tiny fan to draw air through the tube in. Once you get down a few feet (how far depends on climate – you want to be below frost line for cold, minimum 3′ for hot) the ground temp is very constant – near 38oF +/-.
So summer, you’re drawing cool air into the house, winter you’re drawing air warmer than outside temps into your house – so feed it to your heating system, and you use less energy to warm that air up to human-comfortable temp.
Sounds like this would work well with your other house plans, and doesn’t cost much (assuming you have something to dig that trench with and don’t have to work around any other buried utilities).
I put this in when we built our rural place, but no fan – hoped that the draw from the wood fireplace would pull air in without power. Only partly works, but when you’re cutting dead trees for heat, every little bit helps.
Steve O
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