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Hi guys.
A very good friend of myne has this house.
Its located on a hill crest, facing west, looking down on a 20 mile long (2 miles wide) lake. Ho! What a view.
He tells me its a mediteranean design. 4 feet cement basement. Open spaces. West side wall are full of real big windows.
His problem is heating. In winter his electrical heating bill is more than twice has much has myne
The heating is all done through big BUH heaters in the basement. The basement is isolated on all sides except the ceiling which is the floor of the house. The floor heats up and ventillation circulates the floor warmth around the house.
When the sun is up during the day and the heat gets in, the heaters stop. Around 4 o'clock when the sun sets the house starts to be cool. By the time the heaters do there job and the ceramic/cement floor gets hot enough to heat the rest of the house they are freezing in there.
Around midnight it get so hot that they almost have to open windows.
Cycle time is at the least very slow.
We have no other controls but the thermostats in the main floor area.
When its windy (in winter of course) he needs some heat but if clouds get in the way of the sun rays he needs a lot of heat.
We can install a lot of sensors and logics but how would you guys suggest we attack this challenge.
_If it looks like a Cat...
A very good friend of myne has this house.
Its located on a hill crest, facing west, looking down on a 20 mile long (2 miles wide) lake. Ho! What a view.
He tells me its a mediteranean design. 4 feet cement basement. Open spaces. West side wall are full of real big windows.
His problem is heating. In winter his electrical heating bill is more than twice has much has myne
The heating is all done through big BUH heaters in the basement. The basement is isolated on all sides except the ceiling which is the floor of the house. The floor heats up and ventillation circulates the floor warmth around the house.
When the sun is up during the day and the heat gets in, the heaters stop. Around 4 o'clock when the sun sets the house starts to be cool. By the time the heaters do there job and the ceramic/cement floor gets hot enough to heat the rest of the house they are freezing in there.
Around midnight it get so hot that they almost have to open windows.
Cycle time is at the least very slow.
We have no other controls but the thermostats in the main floor area.
When its windy (in winter of course) he needs some heat but if clouds get in the way of the sun rays he needs a lot of heat.
We can install a lot of sensors and logics but how would you guys suggest we attack this challenge.
_If it looks like a Cat...