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Neil Jones
 
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"Will" wrote in message
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On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 11:00:34 -0000, "Neil Jones"
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Here's my house as an exercise:-

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Heat loss - downstairs
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Floor = 70 x 0.3 x 24 = 504 W
Walls = (27*2.1 - 5.9 - 3) * 2.0 * 24 ~ 2295 W
+( 8*2.1 - 2.2 - 3) * 0.6 * 24 = 167 W
Walls Total = 2462 W

Windows = 2.2 * 4.8 * 24 = 254 W
+5.9 * 3.8 * 24 = 538 W
Windows Total = 792 W

Doors = 6 * 3 * 24 = 432 W
Ceiling = 70 * 1.6 * 3 = 336 W
Air changes = 70 * 2.1 * 0.36 * 1.5 * 24 = 1896 W

Downstairs losses = 6422 W

Heat loss - upstairs


I noted that the negative loss (ie gain) from upstairs to

downstairs
via the floor/ceiling, whilst initially noted, then became shown

as an
actual loss:-

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Floor = 70 x 1.6 x -3 = 336 W
^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^

Walls = (27*2.2 - 5.9) * 2.0 * 21 ~ 2247 W
+( 8*2.2 - 2.2) * 0.6 * 21 = 194 W
Walls Total = 2441 W

Windows = 2.2 * 4.8 * 21 = 222 W
+5.9 * 3.8 * 21 = 471 W
Windows Total = 693 W

Ceiling = 70 * 0.5 * 21 = 735 W
Air changes = 70 * 2.2 * 0.36 * 1.5 * 21 = 1746 W

Upstairs losses = 5951 W

So this becomes = 5279 W

Total losses for house = 12.3kW

And this = 11.6Kw


Downstairs losses are 51.9% of total losses from house.

Now 56%


Just for accuracy's sake!


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Regards,

Will.


I noticed that after I posted but I followed Andrew Gilligan's

example
and kept quiet until after the enquiry :-)


Did you get the main bits wrong too?



Which main bits?