Help! I am a dumb thermostat.
Sep. 2nd, 2020 10:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
come_to_thinkBeing a thin thermophile, I have never needed air conditioning. I have two windows with fans in them for cross ventilation. In summer, when the outdoor temperature is higher than the indoor, I close the windows (and aim a slow fan at me if I am overheated). When the indoor is higher, I open them and run the fans (at speeds depending on my tolerance for wind at the time), and wait for the outdoor to exceed the indoor.
Over the years, I have had occasional doubts about whether that algorithm is rational. Does it matter that there are uncontrolled sources of heat in the room? (With the windows closed, the interior temperature runs more than 10 F degrees above the exterior.) Ought I to leave the windows open & the fans on even when it is hotter outside, in an effort to prevent the indoor temperature from rising faster? Every time I have tried to think that thru, I have concluded that the answer is no. By now, my quantitative intelligence has decayed to the point where I cannot hope to get the question clear.
What do you think?
Over the years, I have had occasional doubts about whether that algorithm is rational. Does it matter that there are uncontrolled sources of heat in the room? (With the windows closed, the interior temperature runs more than 10 F degrees above the exterior.) Ought I to leave the windows open & the fans on even when it is hotter outside, in an effort to prevent the indoor temperature from rising faster? Every time I have tried to think that thru, I have concluded that the answer is no. By now, my quantitative intelligence has decayed to the point where I cannot hope to get the question clear.
What do you think?
