[Noisebridge-discuss] space heaters

jim jim at well.com
Thu Jan 17 21:40:42 UTC 2013


hands get cold. maybe gloves. maybe gloves 
with some kind of battery-powered heating. 



On Thu, 2013-01-17 at 12:19 -0800, Daniel Pitts wrote:
> 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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