h a l f b a k e r yFutility is persistent.
add, search, annotate, link, view, overview, recent, by name, random
news, help, about, links, report a problem
browse anonymously,
or get an account
and write.
register,
|
|
|
A device in the form of an insulated cabinet is mounted on the wall beside (and inside) the entrance door to your residence. At the bottom is a small hatch; as visitors enter they open the hatch and take out a hot hot water bottle. When they leave at the end of their visit, they pop their now cooled
bottle into the top of the cabinet.
Of course, if your bottle goes cold you can always go to the cabinet, pull a new one out the bottom and put the cold one in the top.
Inside, is a stack of bottles. Each one has electrical contacts which engage with contacts in the cabinet. So when a cold bottle is put in the top, it starts heating up. An internal thermostat cuts off the power when the bottle is up to temperature.
The cabinet of course is well-insulated so that the bottles can be kept warm ready for use, without wasting too much heat.
Please log in.
If you're not logged in,
you can see what this page
looks like, but you will
not be able to add anything.
Destination URL.
E.g., https://www.coffee.com/
Description (displayed with the short name and URL.)
|
| |
or you could "nuke" them; probably easier than having each water bottle carry its own element. |
|
| |
In a recent power outage of a few days, I employed "manual hydronic heating" to keep the place up around 15C/60F : just kept filling up pots and pans from the water heater (gas with electronic gizzardry on a rechargeable battery, situated close enough to the chimney that it didn't require a mains-powered exhaust fan) and distributing them around the domicile. |
|
| |
How long does "nuking" take? I am looking for sub-2-second retrieval at the front door. |
|
| |
You know, I don't think it's ever, in the history of civilisation, gotten down as far as 15C here where I live. Our problems trend more towards wanting to remove our skin, or how to implement personal blast chiller suits - especially lately. |
|
| |
Maybe we could open a portal between your place and mine, share some entropy? |
|
| |
Custardguts, how about a really long heat pipe, from
your place to mine? |
|
| |
In a recent power outage of a few months* I
employed "Muhammad-to-the-mountain hydronic
cooling", and sat in a bath filled with cool water. |
|
| |
* I'm exceptionally stubborn when it comes to dealing
with bastard utility retailers. |
|
| |