[General] Heating Note

[Ethan Chew]

As it stands, we have the south wall, but no windows.  The main room is
isolated from the south by the equipment room, garage and storeroom.  From
what experiments have been done, the structure currently does not have
sufficient insulation to be able to retain heat gained during the day to be
distributed at night when we are using the shop.  The solar option would
first require the shop to be insulated to at least R-12 or more.  As it
stands, we can only afford basic winterization.  Extensive insulation is a
long-term (at least 1 year) project.  The solar concept is interesting but
will require some basic groundwork to first be established.  When you get
back, perhaps we can compare notes on this and see what else would have to
be done.

                     - Ethan

On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 3:58 PM, <webdawg at gmail.com> wrote:

> Also if you have windows...you can generate solar heat. I left a book at
> the shop talking about alternative energy.
> ------------------------------
> *From: * Ethan Chew <spacefelix at gmail.com>
> *Date: *Mon, 3 Jan 2011 15:35:31 -0600
> *To: *General discussion about makerslocal<general at lists.makerslocal.org>
> *Cc: *<webdawg at gmail.com>
> *Subject: *Re: [General] Heating Note
>
> Interesting.  Do you have further info?
>
>            - Ethan
>
> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Rick Nelson <geezer.nelson at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> If your goal is cheap, consider a waste oil heater.  Many designs are
>> available, and most can run on used motor oil or waste vegetable oil.
>> They can burn hot enough to melt iron if you use a forced air design,
>> or there is a design in Mother Earth News website that is designed for
>> home heating.  I'll bet you could get plenty of free used motor oil.
>> I don't usualy comment on this group, but was researching a waste oil
>> burner for aluminum casting and thought I would mention it.
>>
>> Rick Nelson
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 9:03 AM, Ethan Chew <spacefelix at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > No jet engines unless you plan to make the shop fly. :P
>> >
>> > But there is this rocket thing:
>> > http://www.richsoil.com/rocket-stove-mass-heater.jsp
>> >
>> > On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 5:56 AM, <webdawg at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Turbo heater.
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