We're going to need a lot of solar panels

Re:We're going to need a lot of solar panels by illiac786 on Monday July 25, 2022 @11:18AM (#32225580)

Say you have a room completely insulated except for 1 sqm. Will the entire moisture condensate on 1sqm? That could represent 1cm of water on the wall, that's physically impossible. There's a maximum amount of moisture that can condensate per unit of surface, it cannot be infinite. Where does the water go after condensating? Even if you consider it drips down and stays on the floor, the amount of water on the wall at any given time still has a maximum.

That's the bit I am missing here, it just does not add up, condensation is not something that simply keeps accumulating water on a wall if it's cold enough, there's a saturation at some point. The question is, how fast is this saturation reached? If it's fast, then isolating one out of 3 walls may not create additional moisture on the non-insulated wall.

Sorry, I hope I don't come over as being stubborn, I'm genuinely interested in insulating (I have to do it at some point), I just like to understand things and so far I do not understand why isolating 3 walls out of 4 would generate additional moisture on the remaining wall.

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Re:We're going to need a lot of solar panels by ClumsyPilot on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @07:58AM (#32237076)

'That could represent 1cm of water on the wall, that's physically impossible. There's a maximum amount of moisture that can condensate per unit of surface, it cannot be infinite. '

' I do not understand why isolating 3 walls out of 4 would generate additional moisture on the remaining wall.'

you gey problems with mold way before you are anywhere near 'the physical limir of condensarion'. You dont want to be near it.

The question is not whether the amount of consensation will double or quadruple. It is weather you will have mould problems. If your wal starts getting wet, you will have mould peoblems.

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