[Noisebridge-discuss] Heating without electricity + watt/hour meter

[D Z]

Hello all,

Though not a member I wholeheartedly endorse this low-tech, low power-usage, decentralized solution. 

Like mom always said, "don't play ball in the house... ball in the house... ball in the house." No, wait, that was the Brady's mom. Mine always said "Why don't you put on a damned sweater before turning on the heater?!"

Heating the 2169 space seems a relatively futile and expensive endeavor. With such high ceilings(?) the amount of air you'd have to heat and (somehow) keep from leaking out would be enormous before it would reach the 8' or below level where people are working.

Good discussion and recommendations all around, though!

-Dave

Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 14:46:16 -0800
From: josh at joshisanerd.com
To: noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] Heating without electricity + watt/hour	meter

This is a pretty damned cold week for SF,
near records.  We should probably be better-prepared to handle it, but
we oughtn't spend a bunch of money/resources on solving the problem too
thoroughly just yet, any more than we'd put in A/C to handle that one
week in October when summer passes through town on its migratory route South.



Let me chime in with the cheap, ad-hoc, yet popular solution I saw in spades last night:
Beanies/toques/hats.  We could probably get some neat loaners in the space.Fingerless
gloves.  Apparently H&M has them for pretty cheap ($2.50), and I'll
bet we can find them in the little import shops on Mission for cheaper.ScarvesFleecesLayers in general: this is SF, you always need layers!With
a few layers, fingerless gloves, and long hair, I was perfectly
comfortable in the space last night.  A couple of good tricks: blouse
your pants and tuck in your shirt.  It seals in the air next to your body, and keeps it warmer. Baggy hoodies really want a shirt
underneath of them, tucked in.  Also, I left my tie tight, because,
well, it makes a nice seal.  (Have you noticed that the Victorian
apartments in town are always drafty?  And that Victorians wore lots of
layers?  Hmmm...)



The "Dapper Solution" is far from ideal, and not particularly
friendly to people just hanging out in the space, but it makes it
reasonable to come in and hack on projects.  This is fine by me: I'm
way more interested in noisebridge the hacklab than noisebridge the
hang-out spot.  If you'd like a more comfortable place to gossip and
watch YouTube, there's an abundance of cute little coffee shops all up
and down Mission and Valencia, many of which have free WiFi, power, and
heat (Muddy Water's at Valencia and 16th is great).


Happy hacking,

-- 
Josh Myer 650.248.3796
 josh at joshisanerd.com
 		 	   		  
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