Re: [RE-wrenches] solar hot water nighttime recirc

2009-12-20 Thread Conrad Geyser
e-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of m...@hurshtown.com Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 10:26 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] solar hot water nighttime recirc I was once told that the best collector used black chrome

Re: [RE-wrenches] solar hot water nighttime recirc

2009-12-19 Thread Darryl Thayer
.nz > > > >   > > > > > > > > > > From: > re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org > [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Conrad Geyser > > Sent: 18 > December 2009 5:42 p.m. > > To: > npon...@bui

Re: [RE-wrenches] solar hot water nighttime recirc

2009-12-18 Thread mark
rad GeyserSent: 18 December 2009 5:42 p.m.To: npon...@buildingenergyus.com; 'RE-wrenches'Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] solar hot water nighttime recirc   Nicholas,   You can certainly do that.  Most newer controllers have a “vacation” function that will provide this.  Another method is to put in a bypass to the

Re: [RE-wrenches] solar hot water nighttime recirc

2009-12-18 Thread Carl Emerson
-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Conrad Geyser Sent: 18 December 2009 5:42 p.m. To: npon...@buildingenergyus.com; 'RE-wrenches' Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] solar hot water nighttime recirc Nicholas, You can certainly do that. Most newer controll

Re: [RE-wrenches] solar hot water nighttime recirc

2009-12-18 Thread Kirk Herander, VSE
From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Nicholas Ponzio Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 10:54 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: [RE-wrenches] solar hot water nighttime recirc Apologies if this has already been discussed here.

Re: [RE-wrenches] solar hot water nighttime recirc

2009-12-17 Thread Conrad Geyser
bject: [RE-wrenches] solar hot water nighttime recirc Apologies if this has already been discussed here. One heat diversion method I hear suggested often is recirculating through the collectors (flatplate) at night. Are there any data, calculations or anecdotal evidence on the effectivene

Re: [RE-wrenches] solar hot water nighttime recirc

2009-12-17 Thread Darryl Thayer
multiplied by the temperature difference, and the loss coefficent Frul for the collector. Darryl --- On Thu, 12/17/09, Phil Undercuffler wrote: > From: Phil Undercuffler > Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] solar hot water nighttime recirc > To: npon...@buildingenergyus.com, "RE-wrench

Re: [RE-wrenches] solar hot water nighttime recirc

2009-12-16 Thread Phil Undercuffler
Nighttime cooling is possible, it works, and there's some pretty good data being collected about it recently. The actual amount of energy that you can radiate out depends on many factors, including ambient nighttime air temperatures, the dew point in your area, and the emissivity of your collector

[RE-wrenches] solar hot water nighttime recirc

2009-12-16 Thread Nicholas Ponzio
Apologies if this has already been discussed here. One heat diversion method I hear suggested often is recirculating through the collectors (flatplate) at night. Are there any data, calculations or anecdotal evidence on the effectiveness of this approach? That is, can I really radiate as much ene