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From: Marc on 21 Dec 2009 17:27 malc wrote: > Steve Parry wrote: >> Thinking about my freezing garage issue, I got to thinking of putting >> a heater in there to keep the chill off. There's mains electric in >> there but it seems a waste of cash chucking a heater in there 24/7. >> >> Then I got to thinking as I live on top of a mountain it's almost >> always breezy up here so could I molish a small windmill, connect it >> to a car alternator from the scrapyard and plug in a 12v cab heater >> that I've seen in car accessory shops. >> >> Seems a simply enough plan to me, so what are the pitfalls? :) > > Those heaters are pretty small. IIRC most are only a couple of hundred > watts. It won't warm anything other than the cable attaching it to the > battery. It'll flatten the battery faster than you could charge it. What you > need is something like a paraffin greenhouse heater [1]. > > [1] For warming paraffin greenhouses of course. > For every gallon of Paraffin you burn you get a gallon of water , condensing on every surface as soon as you turn the heater off.
From: crn on 21 Dec 2009 17:43 Steve Parry <k100rs_1990removethis(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > [1] For warming paraffin greenhouses of course. > > > > don't they give off a lot of moisture though? Yup, and CO2, both of which make the plants in the greenhouse grow. Probably less of a good idea in a garage unless it is well ventilated. -- 03 GS500K2 76 Honda 400/4 project 68 Bantam D14/4 Sport (Classic) 06 Sukida SK50QT (Slanty eyed shopping trolley)
From: mark on 21 Dec 2009 18:23 In message <mZudna_B56HNbbLWnZ2dnUVZ8vmdnZ2d(a)brightview.com>, Steve Parry <k100rs_1990removethis(a)hotmail.com> writes >Thinking about my freezing garage issue, I got to thinking of putting a >heater in there to keep the chill off. > Unless its pretty well insulated and more importantly draught proof you'll need lots of heat to make a difference. Even if you put a ruddy great oil or log burner in there it'll be freezing more than a few feet from it when its like this weather. Trust me. -- Mark Roberts (Habitual occupier of cold draughty sheds)
From: ginge on 21 Dec 2009 19:24 On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:01:49 -0000, "Steve Parry" <k100rs_1990removethis(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >Thinking about my freezing garage issue, I got to thinking of putting a >heater in there to keep the chill off. There's mains electric in there but >it seems a waste of cash chucking a heater in there 24/7. Rather than trying to heat it, how about just accepting it gets cold in winter and venting air through the roofspace, which should reduce the build up of condensation, as the inside and outside temperatures equalise.
From: steve auvache on 21 Dec 2009 23:04
In article <nl6sB9IWNAMLFwR9(a)martem.demon.co.uk>, mark <mark(a)martem.demon.co.uk> writes >In message <mZudna_B56HNbbLWnZ2dnUVZ8vmdnZ2d(a)brightview.com>, Steve >Parry <k100rs_1990removethis(a)hotmail.com> writes >>Thinking about my freezing garage issue, I got to thinking of putting a >>heater in there to keep the chill off. >> >Unless its pretty well insulated and more importantly draught proof >you'll need lots of heat to make a difference. > >Even if you put a ruddy great oil or log burner in there it'll be >freezing more than a few feet from it when its like this weather. Not if you convert it to scrote burning. The calorific value of the subcutaneous fat alone from a prime McDonalds fed scrote is quite high and should be enough to heat a well insulated garage for nearly a month. -- steve auvache |