Kevin Tarr wrote:
>
> Anyone want to try and crack this one? I was a little cold and had glanced
> at my house thermostat. It was 18C. I also looked at my indoor/outdoor
> therm, it was 70F outside. It was just at dusk. Now three hours later it's
> 22C inside and 65F outside. I actually put my hand on the radiators to make
> sure my furnace didn't kick on. (It didn't)
>
> The house did get a nice blast of sunlight as the sun was setting, but I
> have the blinds closed and the doors shut. And as I said, I checked the
> therms after the sun went down.
>
> I wasn't cooking anything, only had one light on, basically nothing was
> different from 3pm to midnight.
>
> This house always does this. Sometimes I'll go to bed and the house is
> cool, only to wake up at 3am wondering WTF is going on, or sit here in the
> morning, while it 60F outside and the house is 75F or even 85F.
What is the house made of?
The only thing I can remember hearing about like this is in stone or
adobe structures. The heat takes a long time to seep through the outer
walls, so you end up with it being relatively cool during the day and
relatively warm during the night.
Other than that, I have no clue.
Julia
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