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

[jim]

one or more fans, properly placed, might help 
to spread a little heat a long way, specially 
if the fans move the air near the ceiling to 
the floor. probably a project in itself to 
see where safely to put a little heater and 
the fans. might be a nice project to work on 
this season. 


On Wed, 2010-01-06 at 23:09 -0800, Jeffrey Malone wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 10:57 PM, aestetix aestetix <aestetix at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Time to play the Devil's Advocate.
> 
> Actually, this is just a regular argument, not playing devil's advocate.
> 
> > On the other hand, throwing down for some reasonable source of heat that
> > doesn't ignite the building seems like a good plan. I know from experience
> > that a small space heater or two can make a world of difference, depending
> > on where it's placed. It might take a dozen space heaters to warm up NB, and
> > the insulation of the space kinda sucks, but I think it's worth it until
> > winter is over.
> 
> A standard space heater uses anywhere from 800w to 2kw.  Assuming we
> had a dozen 1kwh space heaters running in the space for 12 hours a
> day, we would pay $811 a month in heating at electricity rate of our
> last bill. ($0.187880254 per kwh * 12 heaters * 12 hours * 30 days --
> and our electricity rate is likely to increase).
> Additionally, I don't see space heaters as at all safe.  They are
> often placed too close to things like couches, and can heat them to a
> point of combustion, or burning someone who is unaware of how hot the
> surface got.  They can be knocked over, left on, etc.
> 
> I agree that we could use a heating solution, but I am not aware of
> any option that is practical.  If someone has suggestions, I think
> many of us would like to hear them.
> 
> Jeffrey
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