From: Pam Niedermayer (pam@pinehill.com)
Date: 09/26/02-05:22:05 PM Z
I've had great success with the small ceramic blowers (one has lasted
for about 12 years), don't know whether they're appriate for a darkroom.
Pam
Jeff Buck wrote:
> 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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