From: Jeff Buck (jeffbuck@swcp.com)
Date: 09/27/02-08:39:16 AM Z
What kind of electric/radiant? I could get around the power issue.... -jb
At 11:53 PM 9/26/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>If you have a small enough area and you don't have to do a whole lot of
>heating, I would tend to go with electric/radiant.... no dust, no gasses, no
>air blowing, etc etc... the kind that uses a liquid seem very nice... I think
>this would be the most trouble free...
>Is there some way you could run another line to the area?
>
>Mark Nelson
>In a message dated 9/26/02 6:00:19 PM, jeffbuck@swcp.com writes:
>
><< Hello List
>
>I gotta rig my work area for the winter soon. It's unheated at present. I
>live in the middle of New Mexico at ~5000 feet. It is very dry in the cool
>half of the year. Pretty cold, though.
>
>I work in a well-insulated garage. It's 18x20 but the part that needs to
>be heated is more like 18x12 (one end being cut off more or less by a
>canvas tarp).
>
>I'm not too excited about any kind of forced-air heating. The units are
>very expensive, they raise dust, and they dry the already dry air. Also,
>they chew a lot of amps, and I'm sucking plenty in the area as it is -- two
>lines filled pretty close to the brim (1000W halide lamp, swamp cooler,
>ceiling exhaust fan, any number of room lights, hair dryer, microwave, etc.
>etc.).
>
>It's a small enough space that I can supply plenty of humidity w/ room
>humidifiers of any of several kinds.
>
>Suggestions? Bad experiences? What about pellet stoves? Just plain wood
>stoves? Radiant heating units?
>
>-jeff buckels
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