From: Judy Seigel (jseigel@panix.com)
Date: 09/27/02-08:18:28 PM Z
On Fri, 27 Sep 2002, Eric Neilsen wrote:
> Jeff, When I lived up ion Taos, I used one room of my house as my
> darkroom studio. It had electric base board heat as well as a wood
> burning stove. The base board was not forced air and did a fine job but
> req1uired lots of money. The wood burning stove was fine, but was no
> good if I was making B&W prints or film developing. It was really not a
> problem. Dust was a hugh problem and not the lint dust of a home in
> Dallas, but the gritty dust of wind blown days of 5% humidity in winter.
I've got an oil-filled radiator in darkroom & others in hard-to-heat rooms
& never noticed electric bill spike, tho our electric bill is pretty
humongus so it might not show. The idea, however, is that the oil retains
heat, so the electricity can cycle on and off, so I'd guess it's more
economical. (I'd anyway worry about fan and/or flame near chemicals or
solvents.)
However, one problem I've had with the oil-filled is a peculiar system of
on-lights. There are two, one to show high heat, the other low -- and
neither lights when the heater is in off cycle. Thus, if I leave in a
tired, inattentive moment, I can forget the heater is on, and come back
possibly several days later to find it still cycling merrily away --
Mine are old, this may be corrected in later models, but something to
watch for.
J.
> I also ran air cleaners all the time.
>
> Eric Neilsen Photography
> 4101 Commerce Street
> Suite 9
> Dallas, TX 75226
> http://e.neilsen.home.att.net
> http://ericneilsenphotgraphy.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Buck [mailto:jeffbuck@swcp.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 4:40 PM
> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> Subject: Heat is Neat
>
> 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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