🧵 Giant Thermal Mass
Anonymous at Fri, 12 Jul 2024 06:56:21 UTC No. 16278377
Would keeping a giant thermal mass in my living room help regulate house temperature?
I'm thinking that during the evening I could run the AC on full blast and cool down the thermal mass. It would be less energy intensive to run at this time and also less expensive rate wise.
Then during the day the giant thermal mass could help cool the air.
Anonymous at Fri, 12 Jul 2024 07:20:31 UTC No. 16278398
>build a cardboard box
>place a huge stack of bricks inside of it
Peak 'murrican
But yes that would work. Depending on how well your house is insulated and the curve of daily electricity prices it may or may not be financially sensible move.
Anonymous at Fri, 12 Jul 2024 16:55:38 UTC No. 16278969
>>16278377
just freeze a bucket of water each night and place it out each morning
Anonymous at Fri, 12 Jul 2024 17:19:06 UTC No. 16278994
>>16278377
ur mom is a giant thermal mass
Anonymous at Fri, 12 Jul 2024 17:25:22 UTC No. 16279007
>>16278377
>ITT an american is about to discover the brick and mortar houses
Anonymous at Sat, 13 Jul 2024 04:01:55 UTC No. 16279834
>>16279007
yeah but maybe I want to move the giant thermal mass around.
Anonymous at Sat, 13 Jul 2024 04:44:46 UTC No. 16279874
>>16278969
you are aware refrigerators dumps heat back into the room right
Anonymous at Sat, 13 Jul 2024 04:56:55 UTC No. 16279890
>>16278377
Nope. You're going to use roughly the same amount of energy either way. You need better insulation.
Anonymous at Sat, 13 Jul 2024 06:02:56 UTC No. 16279936
>>16278377 Digits
You need to find the path of least thermal resistance (highest thermal conductivity / lowest insulation value) and insulate it with a thermally resistant material
windows are a prime source of heat loss and heat gain during summer / winter
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Anonymous at Sat, 13 Jul 2024 06:20:50 UTC No. 16279951
>Giant thermal mass in house
>Takes up a ton of space
>Less air
>Air heats up/cools down quicker
>Your insulation still sucks so you just fucked yourself
Answer is no. You want to regulate your home's temperature, improve your insulation and get a heat pump. Maybe add a basement if you can afford it.
If you'd ever spent a lot of time in a small room or a room with a ton of shit in it, you'd know those things turn into hot boxes just from your body temp.
>But muh swamp coolers
Rely on airflow, lead to mold, and don't even work in humid areas
Anonymous at Sat, 13 Jul 2024 06:56:51 UTC No. 16279977
>>16278377
100%
>lost power today
>freezer 15kg full of Burgerstan rations
>power restored several hours later, freezer still frozen
Anonymous at Sat, 13 Jul 2024 06:58:28 UTC No. 16279978
>>16279874
Yes but nights are cooler, just open a window to vent the heat
Anonymous at Sat, 13 Jul 2024 07:10:10 UTC No. 16279985
>>16279951
>Answer is no.
Sorry but the answer is yes
Anonymous at Sat, 13 Jul 2024 07:10:21 UTC No. 16279986
>>16278377
normally this is done the opposite way around, using cheap nighttime electricity to heat up bricks in cold places, it's called a storage heater and it's common in the U.K.
For cooling, it's a lot harder, since your AC can only drop the temperature of the bricks by like 30 degrees C? whereas a storage heater can crank those fuckers up to 600. So it's not symmetrical.
Anonymous at Sat, 13 Jul 2024 15:55:41 UTC No. 16280343
>>16278377
The trick is to use an underground heat-exchanger to maintain temperature. It can be sized according to anticipated heat flow into the structure. The upfront cost is quite expensive, as well as maintenance, but not prohibitively so as energy efficiency will significantly cut bills. Definitely not something to consider as a renter, but it is a plus as an owner.
Anonymous at Sat, 13 Jul 2024 16:56:38 UTC No. 16280369
>>16278377
the elites don't want you to know this, but the temperature underground is cool. you can burry a pipe and use it to vent free cold air into your house
Anonymous at Sun, 14 Jul 2024 01:22:39 UTC No. 16280880
>>16279986
>For cooling, it's a lot harder, since your AC can only drop the temperature of the bricks by like 30 degrees C?
ah that's a very good point
Anonymous at Sun, 14 Jul 2024 02:52:13 UTC No. 16280933
>>16279874
you are aware that you are a douchebag, are you not?
Anonymous at Sun, 14 Jul 2024 07:30:08 UTC No. 16281103
>>16280343
Problem with underground heat exchangers is you either need a lot of yard space or you need to shell out even more for installation.
Anonymous at Mon, 15 Jul 2024 10:00:55 UTC No. 16282198
>>16279890
The point was that he will use the energy when it is cheap rather than using the surge pricing energy at high noon.
Anonymous at Mon, 15 Jul 2024 10:01:58 UTC No. 16282200
>>16282198
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