Radiators in summer

[Ludwigven]

So after a lot of playtime in PA, I finally decided to give temperature a real shot.

I have one important question though: Do radiators function ALL the time or only when it's cold enough?

[murgh]

All the time, so be sure to put a pipe valve on the water or a power switch for the boiler to be able to turn it off.

[PB]

i disagree, im pretty sure radiators just keep temperature on 20 Cº, summer or winter, and that temperature is good all year, so even though its true that they work all time, theres no need for a valve.

the only real problem with air temperature is when some room (e.g. kitchen) is too hot, then you can place windows AND radiators, that keeps 20 Cº when its cold and solves the heat of the ovens in summer

[murgh]

Originally posted by pbarzena:

i disagree, im pretty sure radiators just keep temperature on 20 Cº, summer or winter

Then you are very wrong, because I just spent 10 minutes to turn them all of because it was 32C in summer and everybody was overheating. Don't tell me that wasn't needed because I witnessed it with my own eyes

[PB]

As i tried to explain before, that overheating is not caused by the radiators, but by lack of windows... my prison works at 20 Cº all year except in the kitchen, and i solved overheating with small windows on cells and large windows on common areas (large windows absorb more heat than small).

At first i had large windows on cells but then they were absorbing too much heat from radiators, so i changed to small.

You might be right if you have radiators to overheat the sun (i havent tested to put too many radiators in a room) , but i thing my theory is right.


Check my prison "Nevermore Grand Penitentiary", theres a picture of temperature where you can see what i mean. I have a problem only in one of the kitchens, cause i made a double wall and cant put windows on it (a stupid move that i should solve soon :D ). it never gets worse than that and im all year at 18-22 Cº ;)
The key is not in radiators but in windows and controlling this you can have all year heating solved with no valves, no worries.

[Ludwigven]

In my game and after reading the first reply to this thread, I tried it myself and I noticed that in spring and beginning of summer the temperature indoors would remain at 20C in rooms with radiators and at 21C in the radiator tile itself.

then I tried putting 2 radiators close together to see what happened. And it would still be at only around 20C. So without much testing myself, it appears that pbarzena is correct.

Thank you guys :)

[murgh]

But you forgot to take into account that during summertime there can be a heatwave, making things way hotter than on other days. This does not happen every day, but once in a while. When a heatwave occurs the temperature in the prison will stay high until radiators are shut down for a while. As if a 20C radiator can maintain a 32C temperature in a room (which would not be logical at all but it does in the game). I'm not having an overload of radiators, there are only two per huge cellblock. Anyway, you can also just forget about radiators and just have a few saunas to settle warmth needs when it gets freezing cold during wintertime. :)

[Ludwigven]

Now that I've actually reached "real" summer with 27C outside, it seems that for some reason (windows?) the whole prison is at the outside temperature, so everyone is overheating :/

[murgh]

Originally posted by Master of Times:

Now that I've actually reached "real" summer with 27C outside, it seems that for some reason (windows?) the whole prison is at the outside temperature, so everyone is overheating :/

Well, open a window in your room during a hot summer day and you'll feel the heat coming in as well, no?

[PB]

heatwave end when it has to end and is not affected by radiators, the key for that is once again in windows, just open enough windows in your prison to stay at 20 Cº (well i cant assure they work when outside temperature is higher, murgh is probably right on that). Heatwaves will pass fast and rads have no effect then.

[☭ Little King Trashmouth ★]

In case someone still has issues with overheating:

I had an overheating problem on a new prison I started today. Regardless of the outsite temperature (but it was under 20°C, so I am not talking about a heat wave) the rooms with radiators were about 26-27°C.

And I also was used to radiators keeping the temperature about 20°C, of course they wouldn't cool down the rooms in summer, but at least wouldn't keep heating when it is not needed. I installed windows with no visible effect. Then I simply dismantled and reinstalled the radiators, and they worked again correctly.

I do have mods enabled, disabled them and enabled them again, but couldn't figure if that problem was mod related. Radiators working again tho, with the mods enabled.

So what I want to say is, if you have that problem, you may try to reinstall the radiators.