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From: TMack on 22 Dec 2009 04:41 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. > Use a couple of tubular 120w greenhouse heaters to keep temp above 0C. You can even place them strategically under or near bikes to reduce condensation/rust problems. -- Tony '04 Ducati ST3, '08 DL650GT, '87 semi-rat LS650, OMF#24
From: TMack on 22 Dec 2009 04:46 wessie wrote: > "Steve Parry" <k100rs_1990removethis(a)hotmail.com> wrote in > news:mZudna_B56HNbbLWnZ2dnUVZ8vmdnZ2d(a)brightview.com: > >> 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? :) >> >> >> > > water dripping onto a heater designed to warm a space the size of a > rabbit hutch occupied by a walrus A rabbit hutch occupied by a walrus? -- Tony '04 Ducati ST3, '08 DL650GT, '87 semi-rat LS650, OMF#24
From: Krusty on 22 Dec 2009 05:33 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. Insulate, insulate, insulate. Then when you've done that, insulate some more. A little oil-filled rad will then keep it above freezing. > 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? :) 'almost always breezy' doesn't equal windy enough. If you're not on a water meter, you could molish a mains water powered generator which would be far more effective, assuming you've got decent pressure. If you do fancy playing with windmills, forget the car alternator. There's some good websites out there about making wind generators using old brake disks & shitloads of copper wire that are far more effective. -- Krusty '03 Tiger 955i '02 MV Senna '96 Tiger (for sale) '79 Fantic Hiro 250 (for sale) '81 Corvette (for sale)
From: Scraggy on 22 Dec 2009 05:46 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? :) Here you go mate, solar is the way forward.(1) http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2007/04/26/almost-free-garage-heat-just-drink-a-lot-of-soda/ (1) Only solar garage on the mountain. Isn't it. -- I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members. Groucho Marx
From: Scraggy on 22 Dec 2009 05:57
steve auvache wrote: > 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. � Schutz Staffel Einsatzgruppen. It's hard to understand why they got such bad press at times. -- I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members. Groucho Marx |