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View Poll Results: Warm air in the house rises and exfiltrates through holes in the upper part of the ho
a. stack effect 94 75.81%
b. wind effect 1 0.81%
c. flue effect 24 19.35%
d. reciprocal effect 5 4.03%
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Old 3/28/06, 6:36 AM
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Warm air in the house rises and exfiltrates through holes in the upper part of the house, while colder outside air enters through the lower part of the house. This is called:



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Old 3/28/06, 9:17 AM
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Default Re: QOD March 28/06 Building Science

Wow...did not know a HO had an upper part that did anything other than the obvious....



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Old 3/28/06, 9:57 AM
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Default Re: QOD March 28/06 Building Science

hence the term, She's really stacked



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Old 3/28/06, 4:18 PM
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Default Re: QOD March 28/06 Building Science

Sorry it cut off the text - see my first post!
Kinda like the HO factor though......



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Old 3/29/06, 12:04 AM
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Default Re: QOD March 28/06 Building Science

Good work - correct response = Stack effect



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Claude;

That was an easy one.

Come on now, let's have a good one. ha. ha.

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Old 10/1/06, 2:47 AM
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Claude;

That was an easy one.

Come on now, let's have a good one. ha. ha.

All jokes aside.
All your efforts are and have well been appreciated.

Marcel
Easy for some what happened to the 24% that answered wrong?

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BACK TO SCHOOL GUYS!!!!


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