[Noisebridge-discuss] space heaters

Josh Juran jjuran at gmail.com
Tue Jan 15 10:08:30 UTC 2013


On Jan 14, 2013, at 11:07 PM, Jake wrote:

> People have been using a space heater in Turing classroom and may  
> have achieved approximately 4 degrees warmer air in there.  They  
> keep the door closed to keep the heat in.
>
> A typical space heater uses 1500 watts on High setting.   
> Electricity costs 20.7 cents per kilowatt hour (bls.gov) so the  
> space heater will cost about 31 cents per hour of use.
>
> if left on 24 hours per day, this will be $7.45 per day, which is  
> about $227.29 per month.
>
> If people are being conservative about their use of the space  
> heater and turning it off when they're not in there, the numbers  
> will be correspondingly lower.  If anyone knows where the Kill-a- 
> watt is it could be used to meter the power from the thing, but a  
> simple clock is a good approximation.
>
> I don't have a position one way or another on the space heater, but  
> we should discuss as a group whether we can afford it.  I prefer  
> body heat.

I have a radiant heat space heater that draws 800 watts on high and  
400 watts on low, which I'm not currently using.  Would that be helpful?

Josh





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