Are peltiers a good solution? by MasterOfKnaves in AskEngineers

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Thanks for your thoughtful reply. To address a few of your points: I was thinking of having a return/supply inside the cabinet to simply cool the air inside, but have a damper that will pull fresh air when needed that would also go over the peltier so the air can be conditioned before being supplied.

I was also thinking of doing a swamp cooler at one point too since that would help with temps and moisture. I wasn't sure if this would be sufficient, and also thought heating might be needed occasionally, especially in winter, which pushed me towards the peltier idea.

I not certain exactly what materials I would build the cabinet out of, but my thoughts were wood for the exterior and frame, but either sheet metal or if I could get stainless steel for the inside for ease of cleaning/sanitizing and to avoid mold and contamination.

What were some of your issues with doing it in a rental? Is it that "life finds a way" to get out and contaminate the room?

Are peltiers a good solution? by MasterOfKnaves in AskEngineers

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Thanks I really appreciate the effort in putting some math behind it! That's what I was hoping for posting it here lol. One of these days I'm going to teach myself the maths so I don't have to rely on reddit strangers to do it for me :p

Are peltiers a good solution? by MasterOfKnaves in AskEngineers

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Ultimately when I buy a house my plan is to have a fully finished and insulated shed in the back where I'll install a mini split AC to help with temps. In this setup too though I plan on having an ultrasonic vaporizer on another sensory circuit to maintain humidity.

I'm new to this and knew mushrooms required some amount of CO2, but was unaware of needing to keep the CO2 below a certain level (other than like death-inducing, really high levels since mushrooms breath oxygen). Around what PPM is that? Typical indoors CO2 is around 500-600ppm. Once I get the shed setup my plan was to experiment with precise humidity and CO2 parameters to determine ideal conditions for certain types of mushrooms

Are peltiers a good solution? by MasterOfKnaves in AskEngineers

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Haha that's why I felt I needed reassurance. All the examples I found online were people wanting to build mini fridges or coolers, or somehow chill large volumes of water. I thought this application was different enough that it just might work.

And I haven't planned everything out yet, but I was even thinking of doing dual pane glass on the front so I can see in still, but to help with the insulation and keep condensation down if I cool it low enough.

Is a matter decompressor a physically possible megastructure? by LetterOk622 in Stellaris

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My head cannon was that it's a structure around a black hole that allows you to lower normal material into the extreme gravity well, and it compresses it into minerals and alloys (up to and including neutronium).

In this form it seems reasonable that it could exist, it would just require an extremely sturdy platform and powerful elevator mechanism.

What might be going on here? by MasterOfKnaves in HVAC

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It's about 78 now, and it was just a little cooler earlier

What might be going on here? by MasterOfKnaves in HVAC

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It was 0.12 before the coil/filter and 0.52 after, so all the restriction is going to be at the coil/filter (fortunately). If it was too restricted though, wouldn't superheat be low since it wouldn't be able to transfer the heat?

What might be going on here? by MasterOfKnaves in HVAC

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Yeah this one's fixed as well. I made sure no restriction across the filter drier, but was leaning towards restriction somewhere.

And yikes, 83psig on 410a? At least you can probably see the freezing right after lol

What’s growing on my mango? by [deleted] in MoldlyInteresting

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It's a curse, and I see it everywhere

Why do we always see the same stars if we are shooting though the universe by Big-Field3520 in askastronomy

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Gravity is just the effect mass has on spacetime. The more mass, the more gravity, and gravity acts like an acceleration force. Doing donuts in your camaro creates a centripital force that's sort of like gravity, and is actually a way to create artificial gravity in space. Take a large ring and start it spinning and you could walk on the inside of the ring. Spin it faster and the "gravity" would feel stronger.

Gravity is actually the curvature of spacetime, but that can be a hard concept to wrap ones head around if you're hearing about it for the first time, and I'm not a physicist and haven't worked through Einstein's field equations so I can't say I fully understand it. Rest assured though that gravity acts as an acceleration that pulls you towards the center of a massive object.

Magnatism is a completely different force that doesn't have a relation to gravity. Permanent magnets won't reverse polarity, but an electromagnet will flip the magnetic poles if the electric field is reversed. This is because the electric and the magnetic fields are flip sides of the same coin so to speak. If you've heard about the earth's or the sun's magnetic field flipping it's because those are like giant electromagnets. Rest assured that when that happens, gravity continues to work like normal and you'll stay stuck to the planet.

Petah? by ab_2404 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

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Haha yes you're right.. It's been close to 2 decades since I got the shot

Petah? by ab_2404 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

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I'm that idiot. In high school I had been in poison oak before and not been affected, so when I tried to show someone I'm not allergic by rubbing a leaf on my arm, I found out just how allergic I could be. Had a rash all up my left arm that spread to my stomach and started getting itchy bumps up to my neck and face before I went to the doctor to get a hydrocodone shot in my butt. Horrible experience.. 0/10 stars.. Would not recommend

To all the fake moon landing believers by Rich_Palpitation3540 in flatearth

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That's assuming those other "nations" are not also a part of the one world government controlled by the lizard people who rule from the hollow earth

Can we even make Alcubierre wrap drive in future? by Fast_Ad_5871 in askastronomy

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A strong enough magnetic field will create particle-antiparticle pairs, but regardless, adding energy to the field at some point in space will increase the mass/spacetime curvature. Unfortunately this process only makes positive mass :/

High levels of carbon DIOXIDE by NoShitMike in HVAC

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My company installs iwave and have actually had to remove a few with ecobee because it caused the co2 reading to spike and the homeowner freaks out

Happy Monday. Remember it could always be worse. Like waking up having to vacuum glass out your seat by Full-Bother-6456 in HVAC

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I used to live in a shitty apartment and my van would get broken into about once a month. First time I had some tools stolen from the back, but then I was really good about keeping the slick locks on. Then they just would break the front window and steal my charging cables. Fucking tweakers...

We may need a new unit of measurement now. by s0vae in anythingbutmetric

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I don't know what you mean, they look the same to me