I had to turn on the a/c tonight. It's too damned hot outside.
I've been thinking of a way to build my own infrared sauna but I might just have to rely on using room heaters for now. BTW, how loud are the heaters you guys use? The ones I've got rumble a bit with the fan. Does yours use a fan? How do they work?
Mine will be using a 120m computer fan running off a solar powered battery and using solar heat to transfer heat into the building . Here is a vid showing a similar unit I will be building . I will not be using cans .I've been thinking of a way to build my own infrared sauna but I might just have to rely on using room heaters for now. BTW, how loud are the heaters you guys use? The ones I've got rumble a bit with the fan. Does yours use a fan? How do they work?
Mine will be using a 120m computer fan running off a solar powered battery and using solar heat to transfer heat into the building . Here is a vid showing a similar unit I will be building . I will not be using cans .
I do not use spell check lol ... Friggin thing gets more words wrong than I do ...
I am a Cannuck so my slang always will be poppin up ,,,
100% it will work . Just not sure how warm I will be in an un-insulated shed ...
Hmmm... Now you made me curious coz I don't know which part you are referring to.
For the record, I was referring to a 120 meter diameter computer fan running of a solar powered battery.
oh lol .. I thought I spelled Solar wrong ... Yah , 120 meter fan should blow me right across Canada lol ...Hmmm... Now you made me curious coz I don't know which part you are referring to.
For the record, I was referring to a 120 meter diameter computer fan running of a solar powered battery.
How did you heat it ? Wow . Sounded tough ...I have lived in a 3 by 3 meter wooden shed for 3 years. The number three seems to be recurring a lot here. Come to think of it, I think the wood was about 3 centimeters thick. Nah actually it was probably more like between 4 and 5. Anyway, I can tell you from experience that it can get mighty chilly in such a shed. I got used to it though. I had an electronic thermometer there which measured both the inside and outside temperatures. At some point I was sitting there in winter in the middle of the night, I'm talking 3, 4, 5 AM, and I saw the inside temperature drop to 8 degrees centigrade. And I was sitting there without a shirt and the window opened on a crack. Then I thought maybe it's time to put on a t-shirt. Anyway, I digress. I don't know how much time you're planning to spend in your shed and when and what you plan to be doing in it. Another thing I can tell you from experience is that if you put a growing lamp in there it'd probably be a lot less cold.
How did you heat it ? Wow . Sounded tough ...
I stayed every summer in my grans shack as a youth and I loved it . No electricity or running water . Coal oil lamps and a huge wood stove . We also hunted dear and moose so we ruffed it there also in a tent tho .
It get's way below 40 celcius here but usually hovers around minus 20. But so far this year , we have had double digits above zero ( it is still early in the season )quite often so maybe we're in for a warm winter . Last year we had no snow that stuck to the ground . It melted every time . Saved my back lot's ...
Anyway hoping for lot's of sunny days and see how things go .
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That'll help keep both the draught and the bugs from coming through. It's nearly impossible to keep them all out though.
I am building a solar hand made heater for my shed were I keep my bikes because I need a non open flame type heating system because of the amount of gas venting from the bikes . When I was a hvac guy I installed plenty of infrared heaters in places such as car garages and carpentry shops and machine shops . These of course were gas powered and had sealed burners that exhausted directly to the outside . Man they felt nice once we turned them on. These of course were for very large commercial buildings .
http://www.spaceray.com/industrial_infrared_heaters/index.php
Another efficient way to heat your home is in floor heating running off your hot water boiler or wall hung water heater. Extremely expensive to do but wow , talk about comfortable . The heat from the floor will not rise higher than 5 ft so your body will be very comfortable and your feet will be even happier . Most people cover the 1/2" tubing with hardwood or tiles so no carpets and no way for allergens to be caught up in the carpets so its a better healthier way to mod your home and stay toasty warm .
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there are actually quite a few ppl around here who have some type of in floor heating in their homes-usually an expensive retrofit
many heat the water using an outdoor wood burner
i am not a big fan of the outdoor burners and the plumbing they require to run hot water to the house
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are outdoor wood burners/water boilers used in canada? curious is all