Ubwino umodzi wotenthetsera ndi nkhuni ndikuti chitofu chimodzi chokha chingagwiritsidwe ntchito pa zosowa zonse. Kupatula pa kutisunga kutentha, makina oyatsira nkhuni amatha kuphika chakudya, kuumitsa zovala, ndi kuwotcha zala zozizira. Koma kodi sizingakhale zodabwitsa ngati bokosi lakuda limenelo lingathenso kusamba ndi madzi otentha?
Ndipotu, zotenthetsera madzi za panyumba si zachilendo ... zaka zoposa zana zapitazo, masitovu ambiri anali ndi zolumikizira m'matangi. Komabe, kubwera kwa zotenthetsera zamatabwa "zotsekedwa" ndi makina amadzi opanikizika kwayika njira zambiri zakale zotenthetsera kumbuyo kwa chotenthetsera ndipo njira zatsopano zochokera kuzinthu zotsekedwa zapangidwa.
Zipangizo zambiri zotenthetsera madzi zimagwiritsa ntchito zotenthetsera kutentha zomwe zimayikidwa mu bokosi la moto kapena chimney cha zida. Chitsanzo chabwino kwambiri cha malonda cha njira iyi chimagwira ntchito bwino kwambiri. Ngati ng'anjo ikugwira ntchito tsiku lonse, imatha kupereka madzi otentha kunyumba konse. Komabe, kuti zikhale zotetezeka, zipangizozi nthawi zambiri zimapangidwa ndi chitsulo chosapanga dzimbiri (chinthu chokwera mtengo) ndipo ziyenera kuyesedwa kuti zitsimikizire kuti zitha kupirira kutentha kwambiri komwe kungachitike mkati mwa makina otenthetsera. Chifukwa chake, chotenthetsera kutentha chamkati chabwino chimabwera ndi mtengo wokwera kwambiri. Koma zinthu zamkati zopangidwa kunyumba zimadziwika ndi kuphulika kwa nthunzi yotentha.
Komanso, kuchotsa kutentha kuchokera ku chimney cha chimney kapena chimney cha nkhuni kungakhale ndi zotsatirapo zoyipa: kuchotsa Btu mwachindunji kuchokera pamoto (pogwiritsa ntchito chosinthira moto) kumachepetsa mphamvu yoyaka ... ngati zinthu zomwe sizikuyaka bwino sizizizira pansi pa kutentha komwe zimasungunuka (kaya kudzera m'chipinda choyaka kapena chosinthira kutentha cha chimney), kuchuluka kwa creosote kungachitike. Musalakwitse, kuphatikiza moto wa chimney ndi chosinthira kutentha chodzaza ndi madzi kungayambitse tsoka.
Pozindikira kuti palibe chakudya chamasana chosalipidwa, tinatenga njira yosamala popanga cholumikizira chathu chotenthetsera madzi pa chitofu cha nkhuni. M'malo moyika chosinthira madzi mkati mwa chotenthetsera kapena chimney, tinachimangirira kunja kwa bokosi la moto. Mwa kugwiritsa ntchito njira imeneyi, tinapewa kusintha kulikonse kwakukulu pa chotenthetsera, chomwe chimasunga chilolezo cha Underwriters Laboratories. Chofunika kwambiri, njira zingapo zotetezera zomwe tatchula kale zakwaniritsidwa: kutentha komwe kumakumana nako kunja kwa chotenthetsera sikuphika madzi (bola ngati madziwo akupitirirabe), kutentha komwe kumagwiritsidwa ntchito kutenthetsa madzi kumawotchedwa ndi chotenthetsera, kotero palibe kutentha kowonjezera komwe kumatuluka mubokosi la moto.
Cholumikizira chathu chotenthetsera madzi chimakhala ndi chubu cha mkuwa cha mainchesi pafupifupi 1/4 chokha cholumikizidwa mu drywall yodzazidwa ndi Paris. Zipangizo zopangidwa ndi gypsum zimathandiza kugawa kutentha mofanana ku ma coil ndipo zimathandiza kuti chosinthira kutentha chigwirizane mwachindunji ndi thupi la uvuni popanda kutentha kwambiri. (Tikufuna kuyamikira Ed Walkinstik chifukwa cha lingaliro ili.) Cholumikiziracho chimamangirira mbali imodzi ya chotenthetsera ndikuchilumikiza mu chotenthetsera madzi cha malita 42 chobwezerezedwanso (tinagwiritsa ntchito chotenthetsera madzi chokhala ndi chinthu choyaka koma bokosi losamveka). Monga chotenthetsera cha dzuwa.
Pampu ya galoni 10 pa mphindi imodzi yoyikidwa pa ngalande yotenthetsera madzi imazungulira madzi kudzera mu coil ndikubwerera ku "T" pansi pa valavu yothandiza pamwamba pa thanki (valavu iyi ndi yotetezedwa). Madzi ozizira amalowa m'chombo kudzera mu cholowera chachizolowezi, ndipo madzi otentha ndi nkhuni amalowa mu chotenthetsera chamagetsi chachizolowezi kudzera mu chotulutsira kutentha chachizolowezi. Mawaya onse amatetezedwa bwino ndi thovu lamphamvu la inchi imodzi.
Zachidziwikire, ngati madzi akuzungulira nthawi zonse, kutentha kumatha kutayika ku chitofu ngati palibe moto womwe ukuyaka. Pofuna kupewa izi, wofufuza Dennis Burkholder adayika zowongolera zodziyimira pawokha pa thermostat ya air conditioner yolumikizidwa ku chingwe chamagetsi cha pampu. (Mutha kugwiritsanso ntchito njira yodziwika bwino yowongolera kutentha/kuzizira, yoyikidwa mu mode yozizira.) Thermostat imayikidwa pakhoma mamita atatu kuchokera ku chotenthetsera, pafupifupi phazi limodzi kuchokera pamwamba pake. Kutentha kwa mpweya kufika pa 80°F, chowongolera cha 120-volt chimayatsa pampu ndipo madzi amayamba kutentha. Kutentha kukatsika kufika pa 76°F, chosinthira chosiyana chomwe chimamangidwa mkati chimazimitsanso chozungulira.
Zigawo za makina osinthira kutentha zikuwonetsedwa muzojambula zomwe zili mkati, koma ndithudi kukhazikitsa kulikonse kumafuna kusintha pang'ono pa miyeso yoyambira. Mwachitsanzo, ngati ng'anjo yanu ndi yayikulu kuposa yathu, mutha kukulitsa gululo mokwanira kuti mupeze chitoliro chonse cha mkuwa chofewa cha 1/4″ mkati mwa chimango chachikulu chosinthira kutentha. Komabe, omwe ali ndi zotenthetsera zazing'ono adzayenera kugwiritsa ntchito mawaya ochepa.
Mulimonsemo, n'zosavuta kugwiritsa ntchito chubucho chifukwa chimakulungidwa kuti chinyamulidwe. Timangoyika waya wopindika mu chimango ndikupindika pang'onopang'ono chitolirocho kuti chidzaze rectangle. Zipangizo zosinthasintha zimatha kupindika kufika pa utali wa mainchesi pafupifupi 1-1/2 popanda kugwedezeka, kotero sikovuta kuzikakamiza kulowa mu "malo otentha" aliwonse omwe angakhalepo. Timagwira ntchito kuchokera m'mphepete mwakunja mkati, ndikulumikiza ma coil ku backplane pamene tikupita. (Popanda mawaya omangira mphete yakunja ya chubucho, chinthu chonsecho chinkafuna kulumpha kuchokera mu chimangocho.)
Pambuyo poti mapaipi amkuwa agawidwa mofanana mkati mwa chimango, sakanizani pulasitiki woonda wa paris ndikutsanulira chisakanizocho mu chimangocho. Yendetsani pamwamba poyendetsa rula pamwamba pa chitsulo cha ngodya ndikulola kuti zinthuzo ziume kwa masiku angapo. Kenako gululo likhoza kumangiriridwa kumbali ya ng'anjo ndipo chingwe cha inchi imodzi ndi theka chikhoza kulumikizidwa ku chitoliro cha inchi imodzi ndi theka cha thanki yotenthetsera.
Tinayesa nthawi yayitali kuti tidziwe momwe switch yathu imagwirira ntchito bwino komanso kuti tidzidalire kuti zidazo zigwira ntchito bwino. Mwachitsanzo, kuti tiwone zomwe zingachitike ngati magetsi atalephera kugwira ntchito, tinatseka chitoliro chomwe chinkatuluka mu thanki yotenthetsera madzi ndikuyika choyezera kuthamanga kwa magetsi pa valavu yopumulira. Kupanikizika kwakukulu komwe tinatha kupanga mu dongosololi kunali 3 PSI… izi zinachitika pambuyo poti Atlanta Stove Works Catalytic yathu yaletsa kuyenda kwa maola 8 pamlingo wapamwamba kwambiri woyaka!
Kuphatikiza apo, kuti tidziwe ngati kusinthana kwa kutentha kudzera m'makoma a ng'anjo kunali kolimbikitsidwa kufika pamlingo wosayenera, tinayang'ana mkati mwa bokosi la moto la chotenthetsera nkhuni tsiku lililonse kuti tiwone kuchuluka kwa creosote. Sitinapeze kusiyana kulikonse pakuwoneka kapena kuzama kwa malo omwe ali pakhoma lililonse mwa anayi, zomwe zikusonyeza kuti zosinthira zinali kulandira mphamvu yowala kuchokera ku makoma akunja a ng'anjo. (Chomera chadothi mwina chinachitapo kanthu kuti chiteteze kutentha, kuchepetsa kuwonjezeka kwa mphamvu yoyendetsera kutentha.)
Kodi chosinthira madzi chimapanga madzi otentha angati? Chabwino, pa nthawi ya maola 7, timayika matabwa olemera mapaundi 55 mpaka 60 mu thanki ya Atlanta, zomwe zingakweze zomwe zili mu thanki ya malita 42 kufika pafupifupi madigiri 140. Kuchuluka kwa mafuta okwana mapaundi 8 pa ola limodzi mwina ndi kokwera pang'ono kuposa momwe anthu ambiri amagwiritsira ntchito, kotero mutha kupeza madzi otentha ochepa kuchokera ku chipangizo chofanana. Zachidziwikire, ngati mupitiliza kuyaka kwambiri tsiku lonse, kuchuluka kwa madzi otentha kwa maola 24 kuyenera kukhala kokwanira kuposa malita 100 patsiku. Ngakhale mutagwiritsa ntchito chitofu chanu "kuzima" nthawi zambiri, dongosololi lidzachepetsa kwambiri ndalama zanu zamagetsi.
Kutengera kukula kwa banja lanu komanso momwe aliyense amagwiritsira ntchito madzi, dongosololi likhoza kuchepetsa ndalama zomwe mumalipira madzi otentha m'nyengo yozizira. Chifukwa chake ngati mungapeze nkhuni pamtengo wotsika kwambiri kuposa mphamvu yofanana yamagetsi kapena gasi, mphamvu zomwe mumagwiritsa ntchito kutentha madzi kuchokera ku chitofu chanu chamatabwa (kupatula malo, ndithudi, kutentha komwe chipangizocho chimapereka) zidzakhala zoyenera Invest. Komanso, mudzakhala okondwa kudziwa kuti mwatenga gawo lina losintha magwero amagetsi osabwezeretsedwanso.
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