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03-22-12, 12:02 PM
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Hamilton is just slightly south of Toronto, on...
Hamilton is just slightly south of Toronto, on the west end of Lake Ontario. The Midwestern United States is a fair bit colder on average, but it also gets a lot more sun. Depending on your location...
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03-21-12, 06:11 PM
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MN Renovator Thanks for hanging in there... I...
MN Renovator
Thanks for hanging in there...
I see the process now. I maybe shouldn't have been responding so late at night. I got balled up with how the units cancel out and it seemed to me i was...
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03-21-12, 02:24 AM
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MN Renovator - i edited my previous reply to be...
MN Renovator - i edited my previous reply to be clearer and more complete just after you replied, so some things maybe don't match up anymore.
But i think the bulk of the confusion comes from the...
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03-21-12, 01:16 AM
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Robert - Power is a rate, but watts can also be...
Robert -
Power is a rate, but watts can also be a quantity. A machine might use up 100 watts in one hour, or in one minute. Knowing how many watts are involved doesn't tell you how much time it took...
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03-20-12, 06:34 PM
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Here it is... JOSEPH ORR' S FABULOUS " " MUD...
Here it is...
JOSEPH ORR' S FABULOUS " " MUD HEAT-STORAGE" " SOLAR GREENHOUSE (http://www.motherearthnews.com/Modern-Homesteading/1978-05-01/Low-Cost-Solar-Greenhouse.aspx)
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03-20-12, 06:15 PM
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(If anyone is curious what the thermal mass is,...
(If anyone is curious what the thermal mass is, it's mud. Courtesy of an article from Mother Earth in the 70's, which came up on one of those kick-*** Google Books results. I'll see if i can find the...
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03-20-12, 06:10 PM
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The house loses a total of 21,359 kW over the...
The house loses a total of 21,359 kW over the course of the entire winter. I took the total r values of all the surfaces, over their whole area, at the given temperature difference between exterior...
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03-20-12, 04:37 PM
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I've gotten some conversions like this, but my...
I've gotten some conversions like this, but my confusion is about joules and watts in this context.
Here's the thing - the thermal mass as currently designed would have to shed 429,000 kJ to lower...
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03-20-12, 03:54 PM
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Heat loss in watts, stored heat in joules - how to compare?
Hi all, i'm new :)
We are designing a passive solar house, and we have worked out how much heat we can store in its thermal mass, and how much solar energy passes through the glazing, both in...
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