@mmmlllzzz100 Our ceiling is only 8ft high. I followed the advise of my friend and reversed my ceiling fan to pull air upwards and it does make a difference. I don't know exactly why, but it does. I guess when the air starts coming down in front of the fan I have setting in front of the door to move the air out, it pushes it right out the doorway. I had it blowing down and it seems like it doesn't get out of the room as fast.
If you're feeling ambitious, no one has tried adding side reflectors to see the impact. It could be just some lightweight panels that you put on days when the sun is good and the wind is low. That would be cool, or hot. ;-)
@Fearlessthinker You talking something like a mirror type panel to direct the sunlight onto the heater glass? I would say it would make a little difference. After all the mirrors help solar panels produce a little more power right?
@bear42229 That is what the solar oven crowd does. It is essentially making your panel temporarily much larger, not to mention it would cover more sky (heater kicks on earlier and runs longer). You can buy reflective mylar rather cheaply and adhere it to some thin board material such as 1/4-inch masonite. Just a thought.
@water4fuelh20 Thanks. I guess one advantage to the curved faced box is that it does come on about 15 - 30 minutes faster and runs 15 - 30 minutes longer. The question is, is having only 30 - maybe even 1/15 minutes worth building the curved face box?
@preparedchipmunk Yes as soon as the heaters finally did kick on, about a half hour later it kicked off the heat pump. Course the thermostat is just right outside the bedroom. But after a couple of hours of putting a fan inside the doorway, it started to keep the whole house warm. Pretty nice. The house thermostat was set at 69 degrees for the heatpump and the inside temp was reading 75 on the thermostat. Should have added that to my recordings, but forgot.
Was the room sealed off and how many sq. ft. is the room? I assume the room was not being heated by any other source at th time? Do you draw air in from the floor area (coolest)? To measure BTUs, one needs to know the Temperature IN and OUT as well as cfm, which is not easy to measure unfortunately. Good set of data, bear.
@Fearlessthinker Thanks. No I never seal it off. I did do that last year and man it just gets to hot to even record data. I do have floor vents, but the heaters kicked off the heatpump about 11:00 maybe and didn't come back on til around 10:00 or 11:00 that night. My house holds in heat somewhat decent. I have my blower fans setting right at the window height to reduce the usage of flex hose to the window.
@MishinFishin Thanks. I tell ya, when I first started to build these things last year I was quite sceptical if it was even going to be worth the time and especially the money. But now that I have my second one built and see for myself how effective they really are, they were definately worth the time and money. I just hope they last for years to come. I hope I have put them together right and weatherproofed enough to last a long time.
hey there,how high is the ceiling in your house?
Ours is 3.3m so takes alot of heating to heat whole house.
mmmlllzzz100 2 months ago
@mmmlllzzz100 Our ceiling is only 8ft high. I followed the advise of my friend and reversed my ceiling fan to pull air upwards and it does make a difference. I don't know exactly why, but it does. I guess when the air starts coming down in front of the fan I have setting in front of the door to move the air out, it pushes it right out the doorway. I had it blowing down and it seems like it doesn't get out of the room as fast.
bear42229 2 months ago
If you're feeling ambitious, no one has tried adding side reflectors to see the impact. It could be just some lightweight panels that you put on days when the sun is good and the wind is low. That would be cool, or hot. ;-)
Fearlessthinker 2 months ago
@Fearlessthinker You talking something like a mirror type panel to direct the sunlight onto the heater glass? I would say it would make a little difference. After all the mirrors help solar panels produce a little more power right?
bear42229 2 months ago
@bear42229 That is what the solar oven crowd does. It is essentially making your panel temporarily much larger, not to mention it would cover more sky (heater kicks on earlier and runs longer). You can buy reflective mylar rather cheaply and adhere it to some thin board material such as 1/4-inch masonite. Just a thought.
Fearlessthinker 2 months ago
@Fearlessthinker sounds like a great idea to try...something like the solar ovens come with
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@water4fuelh20 Thanks. I guess one advantage to the curved faced box is that it does come on about 15 - 30 minutes faster and runs 15 - 30 minutes longer. The question is, is having only 30 - maybe even 1/15 minutes worth building the curved face box?
bear42229 2 months ago
Wow thats wonderful. Is much heat from that room moving to other spaces in the house?
preparedchipmunk 2 months ago
@preparedchipmunk Yes as soon as the heaters finally did kick on, about a half hour later it kicked off the heat pump. Course the thermostat is just right outside the bedroom. But after a couple of hours of putting a fan inside the doorway, it started to keep the whole house warm. Pretty nice. The house thermostat was set at 69 degrees for the heatpump and the inside temp was reading 75 on the thermostat. Should have added that to my recordings, but forgot.
bear42229 2 months ago
Was the room sealed off and how many sq. ft. is the room? I assume the room was not being heated by any other source at th time? Do you draw air in from the floor area (coolest)? To measure BTUs, one needs to know the Temperature IN and OUT as well as cfm, which is not easy to measure unfortunately. Good set of data, bear.
Fearlessthinker 2 months ago
@Fearlessthinker Thanks. No I never seal it off. I did do that last year and man it just gets to hot to even record data. I do have floor vents, but the heaters kicked off the heatpump about 11:00 maybe and didn't come back on til around 10:00 or 11:00 that night. My house holds in heat somewhat decent. I have my blower fans setting right at the window height to reduce the usage of flex hose to the window.
bear42229 2 months ago
Hey Bear
That thing is HOT !!!
MishinFishin 2 months ago
@MishinFishin Thanks. I tell ya, when I first started to build these things last year I was quite sceptical if it was even going to be worth the time and especially the money. But now that I have my second one built and see for myself how effective they really are, they were definately worth the time and money. I just hope they last for years to come. I hope I have put them together right and weatherproofed enough to last a long time.
bear42229 2 months ago