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Green Building Bible, Fourth Edition
Green Building Bible, fourth edition (both books)
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    • CommentAuthortony
    • CommentTimeOct 7th 2015
     
    Downside of solar how water cylinders

    Cold airing Cupboard – It is worth mentioning that the solar cylinder being so well insulated actually delivers net cooling to our airing cupboard during the coldest months as the bottom is colder and bigger than the top which holds water at 50C. Cold water enters at 10C or less on cold winter days. The solution is to have a 125W tubular heater on a 25C thermostat to keep the other half happy for a couple of months in the dead of winter this makes the airing cupboard useful again, It took me a while to realise why it was cold in there, kept looking for draughts, then realised it was lack of sun meaning that the cold water wasn’t warming as fast as it does the rest of the year. The heater only uses less than 20W at the worst time of the year.
    • CommentAuthorgravelld
    • CommentTimeOct 7th 2015 edited
     
    Maybe we need to move on from the idea of the airing cupboard. Surprised you don't have a drying cupboard with your MVHR? Or not drying in this case so much as airing.
    • CommentAuthortony
    • CommentTimeOct 7th 2015
     
    The whole house works as a drying cupboard

    As we have hot cylinder the cupboard is there anyway.
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      CommentAuthordjh
    • CommentTimeOct 8th 2015
     
    That's interesting about the heat needed to heat the incoming water. I'd been wondering why JSH's tank apparently makes the space around it so much hotter than mine does. Perhaps it is something to do with whether part of the tank is cold.

    We have a Sheila's Maid in the bathroom for drying clothes, as well as a rotary airer outside. It all gets used and I don't get many moans, apart from the weight of the Sheila's Maid when loaded with wet clothing being hard to pull up.
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