| ▲ | conductr 5 days ago |
| Even if insulated, isn’t this setup always heating the home? The insulation slows down the heat transfer but if I’m following correctly it’s basically running the heat element anytime the sun is up. I think this would be counterproductive in my climate as I’m cooling the home most of the year which is an even more energy intensive process |
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| ▲ | killingtime74 4 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| All cooking appliances are heating the home if you view it in that lens. Fridge, normal cooktop, oven, airfryer, dishwasher. |
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| ▲ | kragen 4 days ago | parent [-] | | Only when you cook, though, except for the fridge, which produces very little heat. | | |
| ▲ | conductr 4 days ago | parent [-] | | Yes this is exactly my point, I don’t cook ~12 hours a day every day. Usually less than 1 and even use the oven less often, most days not at all | | |
| ▲ | kragen 4 days ago | parent [-] | | Right. Although actually cooling is less energy-intensive—removing 3000 watts of heat only costs about 1000 watts of electricity. | | |
| ▲ | conductr 3 days ago | parent [-] | | Hrm. You probably know better than me, but I always assumed that since my cooling cost in Summer is 5x the cost of my heating cost in winter (with similar differentials, eg. heat+30 degrees, cool-30 degrees) that it was a less efficient process. The napkin math still doesn't make since if I have to increase the cooling of house ~half the day (would be more since summer has longer days.) Other considerations would be extra wear on the HVAC equipment and just the comfort impact of increased fluctuations. |
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| ▲ | hshdhdhehd 4 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Stick it in the balcony then? |
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