[hackpgh-discuss] Re: Please help keep the shop warm and inhabitable...
- From: jeff kephart <n3glv1963@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: hackpgh-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013 04:39:37 -0500
That heater does an amazing job, but also mind that the
box fan stays on to circulate. Without that there would
be a (worse) temperature gradient where all the warm air
would stay above the work area. A setting on the heater
of 2-3 seems to be around the right point. Of course it
also depends on outside temp and such factors as number
of times / people are in and out of the man door.
On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 2:01 AM, Doug Philips <doug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hey all,
> Just a quick note / heads up, esp. if you are a new member.
> Despite its somewhat puny appearance, our Wall-o-Fire heater does a
> really good job of keeping the shop warm enough to use.
> Recently it seems some folks have been turning the heater back, and
> unfortunately the shop has been cooling off too much.
> Please do not turn the shop heater back unless the shop gets to be too
> warm (over 70 degrees, you can check the temp on our home page), and then
> only turn it back a little.
> Remember, you might be the last person leaving the shop, but you never
> know when someone else will be coming in.
> Thanks,
> -=Doug
>
> P.S. We're quite serious about this. In the winter of 2010-2011 the shop
> temperatures dropped into the mid 60s. While that doesn't sound too bad,
> when you're there working on projects at the tables, it gets uncomfortabley
> cold; folks were discouraged from coming to the shop. It was bad enough that
> we gave serious consideration to having to move unless the heating problem
> was addressed, which it (fortunately) was.
>
>
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