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I love houses that trap heat! /s

For anyone looking for some cheap help tips:

  1. Block the sun from comming in, by hanging a curtain or bed sheets on the outside of the window. Of course real shutters would be even better, but price and time wise this gets you there.

  2. Close your windows in the morning BEFORE 8:30 or so. Open then after 20:00 BUT ONLY iit's colder outside. Keep them open during the night. You can not cool a house down with warm air. Yes it's warm inside, but it's even hotter outside so opening a window during the day does not help you. If you like a breeze, buy a fan

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I love houses that trap heat! /s

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Sensor? Home Assistant? Howmuch is good enough...

BTW just in case, I think it was TechnologyConnections who did a video of a fan. But the air from a fan creates friction with more air, and you can get way more out of a fan when it's surrounded by more air (so don't stuff it in a carton window hole)

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genius

To be fair, if you don't have the files. This is an easy way to make a prototype and fit it, and then if it fits you can order it in metal. This is a cheaper proces in iternating in metal from the start

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Why can't countries with vast deserts make solar farms to power the world?

Some reasons to be discouraged making a solar farm in a desert:

  1. Middle of nowhere, you need to transport all the hardware to the place
  2. Maintanace, you need people on-site to support it
  3. Desert sand is sandbladting your panels
  4. (and this is the biggest one I think). You need to transport the power from where its generated to where is requested. Which is an imperfect proces, and every time you double the distance you also double the resistance