A properly insulated house has very low heating and cooling needs in general in all but the most extreme climates. And a poorly insulated one won't resist changes to outside ambient well enough for that strategy to work much. Also, how cold would you have to make it for the house to be a thermal battery? Are you going to turn the thermostat down to an uncomfortable level so that you are shivering in the morning?
I was going to say something about living with no a/c, but then remembered when a guy from Florida argued with me about heater cores losing efficiency as the started to scale up. I kindly told him that he didn't get to contribute to that particular conversation.
Toyman! said:Fact.
berkeley that. My thermostat is on 78 during the day, and "freeze mah balls off" at night. Ain't no one can sleep when it's 82 berkeleying degrees in the bedroom. I'll run my gas generator to power a window unit if I have to.
Kreb (Forum Supporter) said:Pete. (l33t FS) said:In reply to Toyman! :
There's a compelling argument that if you have an automated thermostat, to set it the opposite to that suggestion: max cooling overnight and basically turn it off during the day. Besides cheaper electricity, the A/C has an easier time working at night, and the house acts as a thermal battery during the day.
I hope that's a joke.
That's pretty much how my parents' house works. Big ol' brick and stone thing with no AC. Open all the windows at night, cool the house and close it up during the day. Works fine until you get a run of very hot days and the house heatsoaks. I use the same technique with my home office - it's more or less built into a hillside, so cooling it overnight makes it comfortable for most of the day. I can see the logic of using AC to supercool a house from both an efficiency and cost standpoint.
NickD said:
And we'll put too much of it on a double cheeseburger, add more bread and charge $3 more for it.
In reply to GCrites :
Did you just invent the Big Mac?
In reply to Floating Doc (Forum Supporter) :
I lived very, very close to there. That ain't no E36 M3. You are aren't welcome here, white man.
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