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Can someone work out the power required to maintain 20degrees c in a house that has 40% heat loss and how much power required if the heat pump is turned off for 6 hours twice a day (12 hours all up) That would be much appreciated. Thanks Darren

Hi, Is it more efficient to run a heat pump in a house 24/7 or turn it off at night time and during work. All the pros seem to say its more efficient running them 24/7 I can't understand that as there is more heat loss with the greater heat differential running it 24/7 Thanks Darren

Something I was wondering, since time slows down as we approach the speed of light. Say a person in a ship travailing close to the speed of light only ages by one hour when the rest of the Earth ages by 100 years, does that mean the ship only uses one hours worth of fuel? But travels 100 years...

Jeff, I like that idea, all I would need to do is put a restrictor after the intercooler, so the pressure in the intercooler and before it is much higher than after it, the turbo should not need to work any harder as the flow rate has slowed just the pressure has increased. What do you...

Thanks for your reply, I have been asked this question by a fellow Why can water freeze in puddles or buckets, when the air temp is above zero, or how coolant with a freezing point of -30c can freeze in a radiator while you are driving when the air temp is only -15c My answer is it...

Yes it is a heat exchanger, just an aluminium radiator that sits on the front of the car, the heated charge from the turbo goes through the intercooler then out to the engine.

Thanks for your replies, so if the air inside the intercooler was at ambient temperature rather than the )hot compressed charge from the turbo) could it be cooled to below ambient? Thanks Darren

Hi, Can a radiator ie: air to air intercooler in a car (or industrial application) cool the air passing internally through it cooler than the ambient air passing externally through it without the aid of liquids. Thanks Darren