Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Thanks: Selecting workshop heater

I tried an electric heater once. Fouond out it drives the electric bill WAY
up!

Smoke

-----Original Message-----
From: marco@... <marco@...>
To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@egroups.com <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@egroups.com>
Date: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 3:34 PM
Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Thanks: Selecting workshop heater

>Well, I'm surprised at how many responses I got so quickly. Thanks
>everyone!
>
>Given all the advice I've recieved, I've decided that I'll solve my
>coldness problem by insulating the two walls not attached to my house,
>and using a small (my shop is only 220 sq ft) electric heater.
>
>This way, I need not remember to purchase kerosene or propane from
>time to time. Since my shop is connected to the house, I can avoid the
>"burning down the house" problem. And I don't have to worry about the
>combustion problems (carbon monoxide and water vapor) from causing
>death, or even worse: RUSTY TOOLS!
>
>Brief Summary:
>
>PROPANE
> Pros:
> * Inexpensive heaters may be had cheaply
> * Available everywhere
> * Warning smell to warn you of leaks
> * SMALL!
> Cons:
> * Can be dangerous [explosive, carbon monoxide]
> * Should be vented [combustion by-products, water vapor]
> * Expensive
> * Need to remember to purchase
>
>KEROSENE
> Pros:
> * Inexpensive heaters may be had cheaply
> * Available everywhere
> * SMALL!
> Cons:
> * Can be dangerous [carbon monoxide]
> * Should be vented [combustion by-products, water vapor]
> * Need to remember to purchase
>
>ELECTRIC
> Pros:
> * Just plug it in and it works
> * Don't need to remember to purchase
> * SMALL!
> Cons:
> * Less efficient than wood/propane/kerosene (?I think?)
>
>GAS:
> Pros:
> * Efficient
> * Inexpensive (until this winter...)
> Cons:
> * I don't have gas service in my area 8^(
> * I'd have to pay someone to install the heater
> * project larger than 'buy and use'
> * ?Consumes floor space?
>
>WOOD
> Pros:
> * Wood inexpensive (in my area, like just look out the back door!)
> Cons:
> * Wood heater more expensive that I want to pay, both in cash and
>floor space.
> * Project larger than 'buy & use'
>
>HOT WATER/SUB FLOOR
> Pros:
> * Nice dry heat for the feet
> * Can heat the water remotely (if using combustion)
> Cons:
> * Too much work for my application!
> * Project larger than 'buy and use'
>
>OTHER NOTES:
> * Insulate workshop well, and small heater will be good
> * Combustion-sourced heaters need to have combustion products vented
>to prevent death (or even worse, RUST!)
> * Using the existing house heater might be a better long-term
>solution for me, since the garage is attached. However, I just want
>to use my new mill & lathe, not learn duct work!
>
>Final observation (I can hear you guys now... "Finally! He's about to
>shut up!")
>
>My Clothes Dryer vents into the garage, so before I built my workbench
>and carted my lathe and mill into the garage I got a 25' length of 4"
>flexible tubing and routed the Dryer exhaust out the shop door when I
>do laundry. Last night, while doing laundry and trying to work in the
>shop (when it's 5 degrees ... brrrr), I noticed that the shop wasn't
>nearly as cold as I expected. It turns out that a lot of that heat
>from the dryer went through the hose and into the garage. I figure a
>small electric heater will be a nice supplement to drying a load of
>clothes while I'm in the shop....
>
>Thanks again, everyone...
>
>--marco
>
>
>
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