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Old 06-24-2009, 06:09 PM   #17 (permalink)
JacobAziza
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Heat can move through conduction, radiation and convection. With conduction and radiation heat travels the easiest path regardless of direction.[I]
Technically accurate, but since the primary method of heat leaving cooling coils is convection, I stand by my original statement.

In a truly efficient system the heat from the coils should vent straight to the roof, where it can't travel back to the inside by any means (as it does in an RV where power is at a premium)
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A few months ago I returned home just as my neighbor pulled into his driveway. It was cold (around freezing) with some rain and sleet, and he yells to me: You rode your bike? In this weather?!?

So the other day we both returned home at the same time again, only now the weather is warm, sunny, with no wind. And I yell to him: You took the car? In this weather?!?
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