P03 Locke ( p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) to TechnologyEnglish · 1 month ago[Technology Connections] My water heater is cooler than yourswww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square34linkfedilinkarrow-up190cross-posted to: solarpunk@slrpnk.netmealtimevideos@lemmy.cafe
arrow-up190external-link[Technology Connections] My water heater is cooler than yourswww.youtube.comP03 Locke ( p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) to TechnologyEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square34linkfedilinkcross-posted to: solarpunk@slrpnk.netmealtimevideos@lemmy.cafe
minus-squareP03 Locke ( p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) OPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIf you watch the video, you’ll understand that the temperature transfer process to a hot water tank is incredibly slow. So, water tanks are not a very good battery. I mean, unless you want to spend 12 hours trying to dry your clothes.
minus-squareNatanael ( Natanael@infosec.pub ) linkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoBut that’s not a technical limit, it’s a cost saving engineering limit Also you can pull heat out much faster when needed. If there’s heat left when you’re done you can feed it back with a heat exchanger
If you watch the video, you’ll understand that the temperature transfer process to a hot water tank is incredibly slow. So, water tanks are not a very good battery.
I mean, unless you want to spend 12 hours trying to dry your clothes.
But that’s not a technical limit, it’s a cost saving engineering limit
Also you can pull heat out much faster when needed. If there’s heat left when you’re done you can feed it back with a heat exchanger