[Noisebridge-discuss] space heaters

[jim]

    I dislike the use of space heaters because the space 
is so big with so many exit points and high ceilings. 
    Heat rises. Heat to warm one's knees rises to the 
ceiling and into the light wells and cools against the 
glass or drifts to the east wall and exits through the 
cracks of windows or cools against the glass. 
    Thanks lots for the arithmetic. I don't want to 
pay money to heat glass. 




On Mon, 2013-01-14 at 23:07 -0800, 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.
> 
> -jake
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