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Works well. Utilising the chimney convection effect (where the air rising due to warming pulls in cooler air) is the best way to keep a house at a liveable temperature. You have to have some cool air to pull in, though!
Cheers - Jaimie
Why?
o Open windows opposite to those exposed to solar gain o Ideally open windows on a shaded East side downstairs
At sunset you get a marked drop in temperature... o East has sunlight in the a.m., but not for hours by sunset
---- use that to your advantage by opening all that side o On the West side best to wait 30mins after sunset
---- temperature will then noticeably drop
Maximise natural convection... o Heat rises - so can be used to draw cool air in as hot goes out
---- sash windows -- gap at top & bottom allows hot out, cool in
---- 2 floors -- open windows downstairs & upstairs
If you are going out... o Lock upstairs windows in open position & small gap o Lock downstairs windows in open position & small gap
Realise even a double-glazing window is easy to force apart, it is a PVC skin over a metal frame. The shoot-bolts all around the frame are because of the low torsional strength of uPVC. So for some people the risks are too great, or they open one window away from soil-pipes, low roofs & visible from road.
Oddly enough considering you shut all the windows.
Read what I wrote and use some initiative.
Keep some of those bottles you bought expensive water in, refill them with tap water, keep them in the fridge.
Personally I find a long drink of cold water followed by a cup of hot coffee has maximal cooling effect. YMMV.
There are about three different compounds used to make self-amalg tape, some squishier / more flexible than others. I wouldn't rule it out immediately.
Thinking about it, I've _never_ seen heatshrink tape - not sure if there's a technical reason for that.
The following is a nice web page on this topic. It is a set of lecture notes from Cornell University on thermal regulation of the environment.
or use this:
Alix:
I carry a 4:1 heat shrink ratio tube with or without adhesive.
send me an email if you're interested.
Marc
Alix wrote:
Firstly the requirements of the original poster were quite likely satisfied by a posting 28 minutes after the original post (as archived by google) which contained the web address of a local supplier, the stock code, the price, the length, the width and the temperature required to shrink heat shrink TAPE. This occurred on Saturday the 1st of July, by ordering that day the original poster could have taken delivery of a product precisely meeting their requirements on Monday
3rd July and the job might have been completed 10 minutes later.Yes that was heat shrink TAPE, not sleeve tube or any round stuff but linear TAPE, it comes on a roll 20mm wide 50m long and 0.07mm thick, you wrap it round and then apply heat at around 130 deg C at which point it shrinks, conforms and adheres to the underlying structure.
Secondly top posting is and never has been the usenet convention
Thirdly, well there is no thirdly
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