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   Rod Speed to All   
   Re: nightime cooling   
   16 Mar 12 17:36:06   
   
   XPost: misc.consumers.frugal-living   
   From: rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com   
      
   j wrote:   
      
   >  I can reroute my central solar collector to blow in air from a shady   
   > and cool part of the yard into the house. This would be distributed   
   > through the heating vents. So, blowing cool pre morning air instead of   
   > what a whole house fan does: sucking it out into the attic from open windows.   
      
   > That would seem to be useful cooling, at least for some days.   
   > However, morning air has a high relative humidity and since comfort is   
   related to both temperature and humidity that   
   > would argue against   
   > changing out air that has been air conditioned (lower humidity).   
      
   > Is it worth the effort?   
      
   Really depends on how cool that air is.   
      
   My gut feeling is that it wouldnt be worth doing but when   
   you dont supply the actual figures for temperature and   
   humidity, its hard to so for sure.   
      
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