Cold Snap/Heatwave Trouble

[Gimli]

So I have two cooling systems in my base and two heaters in my base. So a cold snap hits, and I turn up the temp on my coolers and heaters but the overall temperature of the base doesn't seem to change at all. Yes it is slightly hotter than outside and although survivable, colonists still complain about being cold. (Yes I have vents spread out across my base too)

[Swirler]

Screenshot?

Could be that the rooms are too large and/or your colonists are venting the heat by going through the doors too often.

[Gimli]

Originally posted by Mad hatters in jeans:

Screenshot?

Could be that the rooms are too large and/or your colonists are venting the heat by going through the doors too often.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1083358701


EDIT: Tried to zoom in as best I could without leaving any parts of the base out but also make things visible.

[Gimli]

Do coolers even work as heater? Maybe thats the problem.

[Joki the Disco Bandit]

On the basis of your screenshot, in a base that size, I'd just use campfires to heat it up during cold snaps. One in the dining room, one in the hall between bedrooms, one in the hospital, etc. Half a dozen or so campfires will get a base that size warm in no time.

I only ever use the cooler/heater as a cooler for refrigeration. I currently have a base probably 5 or 6 times the one you have. It uses a total of 5 heaters, and two of those are only for indoor gardens, so really it's only 3 heaters. There's one in the hospital, and two in corridors by the bedrooms. I use campfires when I need to warm it beyond that point, and passive coolers when it's too hot.

*ed: You could also use another pair of vents. One between the research room and the hallway, and one between the two storage rooms. It will help equalize temps in those areas. Maybe a third between the hospital and hallway, as well.

[meme]

Maybe try double walling, i think this can make a big difference to efficency.......
Previous reply is prob best though from what ive seen on play throughs...defo campfires inside.....

[Joki the Disco Bandit]

Originally posted by ToxicSh0ckWave:

Do coolers even work as heater? Maybe thats the problem.

They're directional. Yours are setup for cooling only. The blue arrow points toward cold, the red toward hot. Yours are sending cold air into the base and hot air exhaust outside. If you wanted to use those type units for heat you would need to build new ones, with the red arrow pointing inward, and switch back and forth between the two types as the seasons progress.

[Gimli]

Originally posted by Mustmayostardayonnaise:

Originally posted by ToxicSh0ckWave:

Do coolers even work as heater? Maybe thats the problem.

They're directional. Yours are setup for cooling only. The blue arrow points toward cold, the red toward hot. Yours are sending cold air into the base and hot air exhaust outside. If you wanted to use those type units for heat you would need to build new ones, with the red arrow pointing inward, and switch back and forth between the two types as the seasons progress.

So if I turned my coolers off it could help?

[Joki the Disco Bandit]

Originally posted by ToxicSh0ckWave:

Originally posted by Mustmayostardayonnaise:

They're directional. Yours are setup for cooling only. The blue arrow points toward cold, the red toward hot. Yours are sending cold air into the base and hot air exhaust outside. If you wanted to use those type units for heat you would need to build new ones, with the red arrow pointing inward, and switch back and forth between the two types as the seasons progress.

So if I turned my coolers off it could help?

If the idea is to heat the place oh yes, it'll help a lot. :)

[Gimli]

Originally posted by Mustmayostardayonnaise:

Originally posted by ToxicSh0ckWave:

So if I turned my coolers off it could help?

If the idea is to heat the place oh yes, it'll help a lot. :)

Now I feel like an idiot XDDD

The reason I left them running is because it says you can raise the temp on them to positives so.... Yeah XDDD anywho gonna give it a try.

[Joki the Disco Bandit]

Yeah the description isn't super clear on those things. Once I realized they're uni-directional I quite bothering with them for anything other than cooling food. Unless you're experiencing a serious wood shortage for some reason you can easily cool and heat in simpler ways with much less fiddling.

[Ozymandias]

The heat is leaking through the vent in the outside wall on the left. Do you plan to roof the blueprinted room on the left? If so, you'll need some pillars/walls in the middle of it. And until then you can switch off the vent.

As for using coolers to heat a room, like between a freezer and a room you want to keep warm, it wouldn't work: coolers only transfer excess heat. So when it's warm, it would make it too hot in the other room. And when it's cold, the cooler will mostly be on standby so the second room will remain cold.