[Noisebridge-discuss] space heaters

[Daniel Pitts]

Suggestions for keeping warm in a cold place without a space heater:

Passive:
   Warm socks.
   Shoes.
   Hat.
   Scarf.
   Coat/Sweater/Layers.
   Blankets.

Active:
   Exercise. Even moderate activity (eg. sweeping a room) can make you 
feel comfortably warm in a cold room..
   Electric Blankets.  Actually, here's a "hackable" idea.  Create 
clothing that works like an electric blanket to help keep you warm.
   Cuddling.
   Eating hot soup.
   Rendering 3d ray-traced scenes on a laptop. Or any CPU intensive 
process.  Works best if the laptop is on your lap.


Best to combine multiple of these solutions. Socks and exercise is 
probably enough to keep you warm for a while.



On 1/15/13 7:52 PM, Danny O'Brien wrote:
> Oh, oh, I know the canonical answer to this one:
>
> https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2011-November/026060.html
>
>      So the insurers (via the brokers) asked us if we used space heaters. I
>      said we don't. So, for the record, we shouldn't use space heaters
>      (they would be silly in a space as big as NB anyway).
>
>      Putting this out here so that when it gets really cold next, adn
>      people ask about space heaters, and there's a long discussion,
>      hopefully somebody will be able to end it by linking to this email.
>
>      d.
>
> Please tell people that really really can't have space heaters in the
> space. Please innovate new ways of keeping yourself warm.
>
> d.
>
> On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 11:07:02PM -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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