midnight armadillo
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Fri Sep-09-05 10:28 PM
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My co-worker is just finishing his new sunroom. It's on the due north side of his house, is covered in windows and has multiple skylights. His plan is to run a large pellet stove in it and heat the whole house.
I guarantee come December he'll be bitching about how cold his house is - the 'sunroom' will be a giant heat radiator. Oh, and the guy is a physicist. <sigh>
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petronius
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Sat Sep-10-05 01:49 AM
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1. Wouldn't a sunroom work better on the south side? |
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Except maybe around sunrise/sunset in the summer, I wouldn't imagine that the windows will get much exposure.
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midnight armadillo
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Sat Sep-10-05 04:26 PM
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4. That is exactly my point... |
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Sat Sep-10-05 09:14 AM
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2. doesn't sound like much of a physicist |
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..but, the low e windows might reflect alot of the radiant heat from it.
More than likely, he'll just burn a whole truckload of pellets, and his house will be warm and toasty.
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Sat Sep-10-05 10:29 AM
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3. What can you say, except "good luck with that" :-) |
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Let us know how it works out for him. Seems like your prediction is the right one.
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