Re: heating question
- From: AL <lithar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 10:16:36 -0600
enigma wrote:
my house has forced warm air heat. the kitchen has 2 heat vents, one next to my stove & one behind the refrigerator, which is next to the door to outside. the vent behind the refrigerator is closed, mostly because that's the way it was when i bought the house & i've never bothered to open it.
currently it's below zero out & the kitchen is rather chilly (the entry area to outside (4'x4' approx. enough room to hang coats & leave boots) doesn't have insulation in the floor or ceiling, so even though the walls are insulated it's pretty cold in there, which makes the kitchen chilly as well.
is there any good reason that the vent behind the frige should be closed? would the warm air make the compressor work harder? just wondering.
lee
Opening the vent could conceivably cause the fridge to cycle a bit more often (since you are heating the box) and the efficiency to go down very slightly (since you are heating the condensing coil). But I'd be inclined to open the vent to see what that does for the comfort level of the room. Obviously the air flow will be restricted or diffused by the fridge so a small fan strategically located to facilitate movement out into the room might help.
I would be more concerned about closing vents in a forced air system. Reducing airflow can lead to overheating of the furnace - yes, I know they are *supposed* to be limit protected...
A friend and his wife use heavy blankets to isolate areas like you described - nice big Navaho print blankets...
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