Supplemental Heating

[gadgetgary]

Now that so many of us are experiencing such cold temperatures across the country, does anyone use supplemental heating to keep warmer in the room that you are in?

 

My living room has a cathedral ceiling and is at times a bit chilly even though my thermostat is set at 67.

I turn on my Vornado heater and it brings the temperature up to a much more comfortable level.

Why turn the thermostat up higher just to heat the room that I am in?

 

Does anyone use the oil filled radiators, electric fireplaces, gas fireplace inserts, etc.?

 

Pics?

 

[gadgetgary]

Ceramic Heater

This pelonis 'fin furnace' keeps my feet toasty warm while I sit at the computer.

 

 

[jmm63]

Hey Gary,
I use an oil filled electric radiator in our family room since that's where we spend most of our time. I keep it on low once it heats up and it does a pretty good job although I think it may be a little expensive to run. I've been thinking about getting a fan forced heater like your Vornado. I'm wondering if that type gives you more bang for your buck? I use a small ceramic heater upstairs in my bedroom or the bathroom, but its pretty loud!
Since the furnace runs on oil, and its ridiculous how expensive it is right now, I keep the thermostat at 60 - 62 sometimes 64, but thats it. Even though the electric bill is little higher with the heaters, I still think its cheaper than running the furnace.

 

[tomturbomatic]

I have the same Vornado heater by my computer, also an oil-filled radiator which I used to use. In my glass room, there is a pitched ceiling,but running the ceiling fan so that it draws up air in the middle and sends it down the walls across the hot water baseboards keeps it cozy. I'll bet that if you trained a strong fan at your ceiling, you could bring some of the warmth down to your level and might not even need supplemental heat. The glass room room is on a system that needs no electricity to operate in gravity mode so, while it has never been needed in a winter power failure Gott sie dank, it is someplace that would stay warm and I could snuggle in a sleeping bag next to the warm hydronic baseboard. I have a small electric fan forced heater in my bathroom that I plug in before showering, then I use it to dry my hair.

Years ago, I found at a flea market one of those heaters that used to be in the Sears catalog, a 30 amp 230 volt, 5600 watt powerhouse. When my furnace went out, I used that in the basement and circulated the heat with the furnace blower until I could get the furnace replaced. Between that, the system in the glass room, the oil filled heater in my bedroom and the heater in the bathroom, I was not even uncomfortable and the power bill did not even zoom by a huge amount. It was a situation that reinforced the idea that machines are much more dependable than people AND that you should always have at least one backup for everything.

 

[kimball455]

Gas Fireplace

Have a gas fireplace in the living room along with an oil filled radiator used in the office on really cold ways (like this weekend where it is in the teens). Gas fireplace was very handy last February when the power was off for 4 days. So was the collection of antique kerosene lamps! Only problem was no hot water. Have glycol in the hot water heating system so that was not a worry.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Harry, Isn't that a picture of the Atlantic City Convention Center Auditorium Organ? I can see the Midmer Losh name plate.

 

[polkanut]

Quite a few of our friends and relatives burn wood for supplemental or alternative heat, especially those who have oil furnaces.

 

[ronhic]

We have through floor gas heating down stairs and 12' cathedral ceilings through 3/4 of that part of the house not to mention, no way of closing off the staircase...

The one thing we do, as mentioned above, is turn the ceiling fan on low - it makes a huge difference without having to alter he heat setting and costs the same to run as a 100w light globe....

 

[kimball455]

Tomturbomatic is right that is the Boardwalk Hall Midmer Losh with me at the console. Here's a picture of the arena. There are some commercial washers and dryers in the dressing room areas.

Atlantic City Convention Hall Organ Society - www.acchos.org

 

[mayguy]

We have an oil filed one, and does a nice job.. I think we used it twice this year.

Otherwise, my furnace does a great job feeling warm. yesterday morning we had -20˚, and will be there again Sunday morning!

We hang a bed sheets between our family room and stairs down here to keep the heat down here than rolling upstairs.

 

[historyman]

Ladies and gentlemen, our tour guide Harry. . .

I never realized Harry was Kimball455. He is the tour guide for the Atlantic City Convention Hall Organ Society's tour of Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ. I was on a tour back on the first week of August. If you're ever in the area, interested in organs/music, or just mechanical things, you'd definitely want to check them out on the tours page on the ACCHOS website.

 

[westie2]

Welcome Harry

Welcome to the club.  You will enjoy it.  I sure hope someday to see the organs there at Atlantic City.

 

 

Charles

 

[tomturbomatic]

There are some You Tube videos of this superb instrument. The one I have linked is particularly demonstrative of the range of this instrument. It also has some beautiful shots of the console, although control room seems a more apt term. If you can play it through a system with a sub woofer you will really appreciate the sonority of the bass range as well as the beauty and power of its full range of tones. In one picture, you will see the Midmer Losh plaque I noticed above Harry.

 

[washernoob]

No waaaaaaay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Harry! How I oh so ever much envy you. What an absolutely incredible honorable job!

No kidding, for years my dream job has been to help do something related to the Midmer Losh organ.

The most incredible piece in musical history surviving today.

Someday I will be over there and I know we will meet! Until that day I can only dream.

 

[norgeway]

Absolutely!!!

FABULOUS!!!

 

[sudsmaster]

I used to use an quartz tube radiant dish stand heater (Soleus) to heat the master bath in the mornings. But I got tired of that, and the space it took up.

So now if I'm feeling chilled in the morning I just bump up the central heat a couple of degrees (from 66 to 68) and that takes care of the problem. And I think the gas it consumes is probably cheaper than the electric heater (at least at our exorbitant California tiered rates, where any additional electricity costs $.26/KWh).

IN a previous job, the workplace was basically unheated in the winter, so I used a different dish radiant heater under my work bench to try to stay warm at my main machine. My current workplace is climate controlled so no problem there.

 

[mayguy]

Electric rates.

Wow, 26¢ a KW!? Yikes! Ours is 9¢, and my parents has a duel fuel set up and they are charged 5¢.

 

[peterh770]

Long underwear during the day.  Electric blanket at night.  I just picked up 2 of them at an estate sale and LOVE them.  I don't know how I lived so many years without them!

 

[rayjay]

Amish Fireplace Heater

My uncle has the Amish Fireplace heater and loves it. It really throws off a lot of heat, and they claim it uses about as much electricity as a light bulb. Try to Google it since there are a lot of them out there.