Thanks Bill. I know when I passed this thing at Costco, I could not believe how much heat was pouring out of it. Of course it is directional and so would take some time to really warm an area up unless you are directly in front of it. An interesting idea for sure. It was interesting that the backside of the dish was not that hot and I could actually put my hand almost on the cage in the front without it burning me. grin Quite an interesting heater. On Feb 26, 2010, at 2:55 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> Scott: Years and years ago, I had something similar to what you're talking > about.... I think. If you can recall those "flying saucers", we had as kids > for sliding down hills, you'd have the basic shape. There was a little metal > stand on the back end of the thing, and the one I had, had a lightbulb socket > into which you screwwed the heating element. They really did work well as > long as you were within the line of sight of the thing. There are, or used to > be, some 35,000 BTU cyramic heaters that mounted on a propane tank that > worked very well too. > > Bill Stephan > Kansas Citty MO > Email: [email protected] > Phone: (816)803-2469 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Scott Howell <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, February 26, 2010 12:43 pm > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] electric heaters > > > Hi Bob, thanks for the info. I am considering this just to take > > the chill out of the basement. Generally I dont' mind at all, but > > there are those days where it does seem a bit cooler than is > > comfortable while working. Apparently some use these instead of > > their central heat. Well okay, they turn the heat way down and use > > these in whatever room they are in. I have read they use about as > > much electricity as a nightlight and that does seem a little hard > > to believe. Of course it could all be true. > > > > On Feb 26, 2010, at 9:10 AM, chiliblindman wrote: > > > > > Scott, I had one of these 50 years ago. Because of the shape it > > can reflect > > > the heat quite a distance forward in the direction it is > > pointed. The only > > > draw back was anything close to it in line got really hot and > > nothing could > > > be close in front of it. On the other hand if you wanted to make > > something > > > hot fast, they did the trick. > > > ................bob > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > > [email protected] > > To listen to the show archives go to link > > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > > > > Or > > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From > > Various List Members At The Following address: > > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > > > Visit the archives page at the following address > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the > > following address for more information: > > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind > > Handy Man list just send a blank message to: > > [email protected]! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Send any questions regarding list management to: [email protected] To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 Or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [email protected]! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
