Article 40573 of sci.engr.heat-vent-ac: Path: news.misty.com!not-for-mail From: nicksanspam@ece.villanova.edu Newsgroups: sci.engr.heat-vent-ac,alt.home.repair Subject: Re: Still interested in purely-radiant cooling. Date: 21 Aug 2008 11:00:09 -0400 Organization: Villanova University Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: <264fefe7-4fe8-470b-bc53-d43b886ed5a3@w39g2000prb.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: acadia.ece.villanova.edu X-Trace: max.inside.misty.com 1219330811 10341 153.104.44.130 (21 Aug 2008 15:00:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@misty.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:00:11 +0000 (UTC) Xref: news.misty.com sci.engr.heat-vent-ac:40573 alt.home.repair:1040725 phil scott wrote: >> >... The MRT graph here: >> http://heatkit.com/html/guide2.htm#MasonryHeating >> >> >says we can be comfy in 90 F air with 40 F walls... >this is correct... 40F walls in a warm room create convection... it is >conduction from skin to air that removes the highest percentage of >heat from a human body.... I disagree. You can't cool 92 F skin much with 90 F air. Nick