[Noisebridge-discuss] space heaters

[Lee Sonko]

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On Jan 15, 2013 8:46 AM, "jim" <jim at systemateka.com> wrote:

>
>     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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