Cob: RE: Thermal mass and climate

[Patrick Newberry]

Darel, thanks, I've measured the inside and outside temps at random intervals last year, when most of the walls were complete, but not all. 
In the head of the day the temp could be as much as 10 degrees cooler. I was did not keep records however, but this year I will be more 
systematic and keep records as the walls are complete now and the data will be more applicable to living conditions in the completed structure. 

I'll try to include humity as well, since I did not do that last year either. 

Pat 
www.gypsyfarm.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Darel Henman [mailto:henman at it.to-be.co.jp]
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 10:25 PM
To: Patrick Newberry; cob list
Subject: Thermal mass and climate



Patrick,
   That would be wonderful.  I'm sure many of us would appreciate seeing
your data.  What sort of time slots are you considering?   For example
hourly, semi-daily, etc.   Humidity measurements on an equal time slot
would be of great interest and show how the humidity is buffered by the
wall.  

   Just an idea, in case you haven't thought of this yet:

   What I found most helpful for one set of data I saw was, the
measurements of both internal temperatures and humidity and outside
temperature and humidity.  These, inside - outside measurement
differences, show how well the structure is performing.

Darel 

Patrick Newberry wrote:
> 
> Hey Kerry,
> I live in Middle GA, the approach, which is going to be test this summer,
> with my cob house is use of air flow. I have a fan that will pump in air from one side of the house,
> with opening / exit vents on the south side (air comes in from the north side). I won't
> have a full report till july and august dog days arrive, but being in middle GA, there should
> be sufficient heat and humitity to test performance in most regions of the US.
> 
> Pat
>