Seeker
07-25-2003, 07:07 PM
Haven't posted anything in this folder for a little while...:)
I hope we can get some good science related discussions going !
Recently I found out about a form of heating your home known as 'hydronics'. Apparently it's been used sucessfully in Europe for many years. Basically it involves heating the rooms of your home by moving hot water, rather than by moving hot air. This seems to make sense to me, since water is considered to be a 'heat sink' and holds heat better than air does. (Water takes longer to heat up, and to cool down).
The guy I was speaking with, related how your home heating system can be coupled with your hot water tank, by drawing heat off the hot water tank, and then circulating it. Admittedly, using hydronics to heat most existing homes, would require time and money, as you would have to change over from heating ducts to special water pipes, in order to circulate the water. I'm curious to know what kind of cost would be involved in such a changeover. It seems to me that when new homes are being constructed, a hydronics heating system, might be worth considering.
Seeker
I hope we can get some good science related discussions going !
Recently I found out about a form of heating your home known as 'hydronics'. Apparently it's been used sucessfully in Europe for many years. Basically it involves heating the rooms of your home by moving hot water, rather than by moving hot air. This seems to make sense to me, since water is considered to be a 'heat sink' and holds heat better than air does. (Water takes longer to heat up, and to cool down).
The guy I was speaking with, related how your home heating system can be coupled with your hot water tank, by drawing heat off the hot water tank, and then circulating it. Admittedly, using hydronics to heat most existing homes, would require time and money, as you would have to change over from heating ducts to special water pipes, in order to circulate the water. I'm curious to know what kind of cost would be involved in such a changeover. It seems to me that when new homes are being constructed, a hydronics heating system, might be worth considering.
Seeker