Heating in Australia
Jan 28th 2008, 11:05 pm
#16
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Re: Heating in Australia
I have a really stupid question 
But I just have to ask.
We have lived in our new house for about 4 months now. We have ducted air conditioning, but I'm not sure if it will heat as well?
On the touchpad I can choose heat and up the temperature, but I'm not sure if I should assume it will work (I hope it does though). Would that mean there's a furnace hooked up somewhere?
So..... when putting in ducted air is it normal to also have heat?
But I just have to ask.We have lived in our new house for about 4 months now. We have ducted air conditioning, but I'm not sure if it will heat as well?
On the touchpad I can choose heat and up the temperature, but I'm not sure if I should assume it will work (I hope it does though). Would that mean there's a furnace hooked up somewhere?
So..... when putting in ducted air is it normal to also have heat?
Jan 28th 2008, 11:13 pm
#17
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Re: Heating in Australia
We have evaporative. The guy we bought from tried to tell us that if you ran it with just the fan on in winter it had a mild heating effect. I didn't believe him of course, but when I found out he was a used car salesman I wasn't surprised at all.
Now if I can just find that pot of gold he told me is hidden somewhere in the garden... I hope I find it soon or we will have a hole big enough for a second pool where I have been digging.
Now if I can just find that pot of gold he told me is hidden somewhere in the garden... I hope I find it soon or we will have a hole big enough for a second pool where I have been digging.
Jan 29th 2008, 12:45 am
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Re: Heating in Australia
I have a really stupid question But I just have to ask.
We have lived in our new house for about 4 months now. We have ducted air conditioning, but I'm not sure if it will heat as well?
On the touchpad I can choose heat and up the temperature, but I'm not sure if I should assume it will work (I hope it does though). Would that mean there's a furnace hooked up somewhere?
So..... when putting in ducted air is it normal to also have heat?
But I just have to ask.We have lived in our new house for about 4 months now. We have ducted air conditioning, but I'm not sure if it will heat as well?
On the touchpad I can choose heat and up the temperature, but I'm not sure if I should assume it will work (I hope it does though). Would that mean there's a furnace hooked up somewhere?
So..... when putting in ducted air is it normal to also have heat?
Jan 29th 2008, 9:26 am
#20
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Re: Heating in Australia
Nice... I shall keep my hopes up
I don't think I'll bother trying it until about June though!!! Feels a bit silly to see if you can warm up your house in the middle of summer
Thanks for the help everyone!
I don't think I'll bother trying it until about June though!!! Feels a bit silly to see if you can warm up your house in the middle of summer
Thanks for the help everyone!
Jan 29th 2008, 3:53 pm
#21
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Re: Heating in Australia
Gas fired ducted heating, electric A/C and dehumidification.
Jan 29th 2008, 3:54 pm
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Jan 29th 2008, 4:06 pm
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Re: Heating in Australia
Not rocket science! Since A/C reduces the amount of water vapour in the air by cooling the air below the dewpoint - and draining it to outside - the overall effect is to lower the relative humidity. Since high humidity is actually more uncomfortable than a high temperature on it's own that makes the house more pleasant.
So I specified a hygrostat in parallel with the thermostat - it merely switches the A/C when the humidity goes above whatever you dial in. You can wind up the thermostat to 100° and just let the hygrostat (humidistat) do the switching.
We had the same thing in the USA and our A/C bills were a third of our neighbours'.
Just don't get me onto how our "licenced installer" hadn't a clue about humidistats, how to wire them up or how to use them. To him it *was* rocket science <g>.
So I specified a hygrostat in parallel with the thermostat - it merely switches the A/C when the humidity goes above whatever you dial in. You can wind up the thermostat to 100° and just let the hygrostat (humidistat) do the switching.
We had the same thing in the USA and our A/C bills were a third of our neighbours'.
Just don't get me onto how our "licenced installer" hadn't a clue about humidistats, how to wire them up or how to use them. To him it *was* rocket science <g>.
