Hoi Poul-Henning, On Thu, 27 Oct 2016 07:41:48 +0000 "Poul-Henning Kamp" <p...@phk.freebsd.dk> wrote:
> >Probably the easiest is to get some glass/mineral wool insulation and > >put it over all the walls, including ceiling and floor. I do not recommend > >any foam or styropor based insulation as almost all of them are inflamable. > >This should get you into the area of 10-100W/K thermal resistance for your > >closet (assuming something like 4cm thick insulation gets about 40W/K). > > Stop! > > Over insulating is a 100% sure-fire way to get unstable temperature inside, > because it amplifies the consequences of any change in power dissipation. > > It is a classic mistake to build a 100mm insulated enclosure inside an > office-like enviroment and end up having less stable temperature on > the inside than the outside. No! Don't Stop! :-) That's why the next section I wrote described how to get rid of the excess heat in a controlled fashio. Of course, simply just insulating the room without giving it a lot of thermal mass or any form of control of the heat production/exchange will not stabilize the room. Attila Kinali -- It is upon moral qualities that a society is ultimately founded. All the prosperity and technological sophistication in the world is of no use without that foundation. -- Miss Matheson, The Diamond Age, Neil Stephenson _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.