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From: Steve Parry on 21 Dec 2009 17:01 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? :) -- Steve Parry 87 BMW R80RS, 03 BMW R1100S Boxercup, 07 BMW K1200GT SE 02 Suzuki DRZ400SY-GT edition, 87 Yamaha FS1, Sukida SK90PY, 91 Kawasaki AR50, 82 Suzuki GN400, BMW 330Ci www.gwynfryn.co.uk
From: wessie on 21 Dec 2009 17:06 "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 -- wessie at tesco dot net BMW R1150GS
From: malc on 21 Dec 2009 17:12 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. -- Malc Rusted and ropy. Dog-eared old copy. Vintage and classic, or just plain Jurassic: all words to describe me.
From: Wicked Uncle Nigel on 21 Dec 2009 17:19 Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, malc <malunspamwhite(a)blueyonder.co.uk> typed >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]. Do *not* use a paraffin heater anywhere that you keep tools. You'll have the place running with water and all your lovely expensive toys rusting before you've blown the match out. -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest" can you see the light of need shinin' in my eye?
From: Steve Parry on 21 Dec 2009 17:21
"malc" <malunspamwhite(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message news:RoSXm.17686$Ym4.12793(a)text.news.virginmedia.com... > 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. > don't they give off a lot of moisture though? -- Steve Parry 87 BMW R80RS, 03 BMW R1100S Boxercup, 07 BMW K1200GT SE 02 Suzuki DRZ400SY-GT edition, 87 Yamaha FS1, Sukida SK90PY, 91 Kawasaki AR50, 82 Suzuki GN400, BMW 330Ci www.gwynfryn.co.uk |