Judy Seigel (jseigel@panix.com)
Mon, 25 Oct 1999 15:09:38 -0400 (EDT)
On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, William Laven wrote:
> >My space is about the same as yours, and it stays comfortable with an
> >electric (oil-filled) radiating heater. It doesn't bring the temperature up
> >as quickly as a space heater, so I turn it on about 15 minutes before I'm
> >ready to work. A piece of electrical tape over the "on" light prevents risk
> >of fogging.
> >-- Matthew
etc.
We seem to agree that the oil-filled radiator is effective, economical &
trouble free -- I have 2 of them, the 2nd in another hard-to-heat room.
But both have a problem which perhaps later models have fixed -- you might
check when buying:
Mine have two switches that light up when either mode is actually giving
heat, but NOT when the system is on. In other words, if the heat is
established, no light switch shows that the radiator is switched on...
Therefore I have MANY times left darkroom at a point when the heat was
established, not thinking to turn radiator off, and come back a day or
even several days later to find the radiator cooking merrily away --
somewhat undercutting the economy. Perhaps new models have an overall *on*
light; if not, they should...
Judy
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