[Noisebridge-discuss] space heaters

[Daniel Pitts]

You'd be surprised on how well socks and a hat keep your hands warm.  At 
least in still air. If there is a draft or breeze, YMMV.


On 1/17/13 1:40 PM, jim wrote:
> hands get cold. maybe gloves. maybe gloves
> with some kind of battery-powered heating.
>
>
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> 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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