Room heater

[gggg...@gmail.com]

I just need a small one to heat up a corner of a large room.

Tried any of the following?:

https://www.google.com/search?biw=1242&bih=597&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=VwXcW7ahJvi40PEPz4qNEA&q=room+heater&oq=room+heater&gs_l=img.3..35i39j0i67j0j0i67j0l6.11545.11545..11987...0.0..0.73.73.1......1....1..gws-wiz-img.NUqVidw32BI

[Vic Smith]

I use a Lasko 1500 watt low-profile occasionally.
I don't want anything that can fall over.

[ItsJoan NotJoann]

On Friday, November 2, 2018 at 3:06:59 AM UTC-5, gggg...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> I just need a small one to heat up a corner of a large room.
>

Which means whatever you choose will NEVER cycle on and off.

[Michael Black]

On the other hand, some of them can work quite well. The furnace wasn't
working, it was the weekend, and so I spent 20 or 30 dollars on a small
heater, I forget the wattage. And so long as the door was closed, it
could warm up that room quite nicely. It was lousy at heating up the
house, but it could get the room to the point where it was reasonable.
This was February, real cold outside.

So yes, so long as you keep the door closed, it probably works out well if
you stay in that room. You don't have to heat the whole place.

Michael

[Beaver...@live.com]

I need something just for my desk area to help keep my hands warm. I work at home and get really cold hands.

Had a heated mouse that didn't really work too well.

[The Real Bev]

You might try the hand-heater packs that you get at sporting goods
stores to tuck into your ski glove. Cheap for one-time use, but
expensive for a whole season. Cut the fingertips off cheesy knit
gloves. NOT the tiny ones, though -- the fingers pull back almost all
the way :-(

--
Cheers, Bev
Horn broken. Watch for finger.

[Beaver...@live.com]

Whoah, never heard of those. There is also the chance it won't get cold here this year.

[Michael Black]

I think that's what most people always wish.

Fairly easy in some places, very difficult elsewhere.

I've been sealing up the windows this week, kind of like "batten down the
hatches" before hibernating.

Michael

[The Real Bev]

On 11/02/2018 05:39 PM, Michael Black wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Nov 2018, Beaver...@live.com wrote:
>
>> On Friday, November 2, 2018 at 1:16:31 PM UTC-7, The Real Bev wrote:
>>> On 11/02/2018 01:04 PM, Beaver...@live.com wrote:
>>>> On Friday, November 2, 2018 at 1:06:59 AM UTC-7, gggg...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>>> I just need a small one to heat up a corner of a large room.
>>>>>
>>>>> Tried any of the following?:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.google.com/search?biw=1242&bih=597&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=VwXcW7ahJvi40PEPz4qNEA&q=room+heater&oq=room+heater&gs_l=img.3..35i39j0i67j0j0i67j0l6.11545.11545..11987...0.0..0.73.73.1......1....1..gws-wiz-img.NUqVidw32BI
>>>>
>>>> I need something just for my desk area to help keep my hands warm. I work at home and get really cold hands.
>>>>
>>>> Had a heated mouse that didn't really work too well.
>>>
>>> You might try the hand-heater packs that you get at sporting goods
>>> stores to tuck into your ski glove. Cheap for one-time use, but
>>> expensive for a whole season. Cut the fingertips off cheesy knit
>>> gloves. NOT the tiny ones, though -- the fingers pull back almost all
>>> the way :-(
>>

>> Whoah, never heard of those. There is also the chance it won't get cold
>> here this year.
>>
> I think that's what most people always wish.

Hmph. Obviously not skiers :-(

> Fairly easy in some places, very difficult elsewhere.
>
> I've been sealing up the windows this week, kind of like "batten down the
> hatches" before hibernating.

Still shorts weather, and we still have the fan in the window at night!


--
Cheers, Bev
"The federal government has taken too much tax money from the
people, too much authority from the states, and too much liberty
with the Constitution." -- Ronald Reagan

[Michael Black]

I used "most people wish" because it would only apply to places that get
cold winters, and you don't get those. "well we have garage sales all
year around", not here, though there are the occasional indoor sale.

It's kind of a cozy time now, closing things up and the heat on,
contrasting with the cooler air outside, but January and February are not
exciting, too cold, but also not a lot happening. At least in November we
can look forward to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, even if we don't
all celebrate US Thanksgiving, and then that morphs into the build up to
Christmas, but then in January, it's kind of depressing.

They were shoveling out the Halloween stuff on Wednesday through one door,
and shoveling in the Christmas stuff through another door at the stores
here.

The thing about having winter is that it makes us appreciate summer more.

Michael

[Dennis]

There's always the classic Zippo handwarmers:
https://www.zippo.com/pages/hand-warmers

I have a couple of the refillable ones - a couple ounces of lighter
fluid and they stay warm all day. (No experience with the rechargable
electric ones.)

Dennis (evil)
--
I'm behind the eight ball, ahead of the curve, riding the wave,
dodging the bullet and pushing the envelope. -George Carlin

[The Real Bev]

On 11/05/2018 10:58 AM, Dennis wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Nov 2018 17:15:22 -0700 (PDT), Beaver...@live.com wrote:
>
>>On Friday, November 2, 2018 at 1:16:31 PM UTC-7, The Real Bev wrote:
>>> On 11/02/2018 01:04 PM, Beaver...@live.com wrote:
>>> > I need something just for my desk area to help keep my hands warm. I work at home and get really cold hands.
>>> >
>>> > Had a heated mouse that didn't really work too well.
>>>
>>> You might try the hand-heater packs that you get at sporting goods
>>> stores to tuck into your ski glove. Cheap for one-time use, but
>>> expensive for a whole season. Cut the fingertips off cheesy knit
>>> gloves. NOT the tiny ones, though -- the fingers pull back almost all
>>> the way :-(
>>>
>>> --
>>> Cheers, Bev
>>> Horn broken. Watch for finger.
>>
>>Whoah, never heard of those. There is also the chance it won't get cold here this year.
>
> There's always the classic Zippo handwarmers:
> https://www.zippo.com/pages/hand-warmers

I love Zippo. Using a zippo lighter is a good reason to start smoking
again. When the hinge broke I sent it back. They sent it back with the
old case with a repaired hinge and new guts and a little homily about
living a good life or something.

> I have a couple of the refillable ones - a couple ounces of lighter
> fluid and they stay warm all day. (No experience with the rechargable
> electric ones.)

The single-use ones go on the back of your hand, which doesn't seem
useful. At least I assume that's how they work, my current ski gloves
have a little zipper pocket on the back.


--
Cheers, Bev
"By the time they had diminished from 50 to 8, the other
dwarves began to suspect 'Hungry.'" -Gary Larson

[RJH]

Yes - the quartz-type work very well for heating small areas. 400w (one
bar) keeps me warm at my computer desk. Not so good for space heating
(basically, what they light they heat) and the 'bulbs' blow after a
while. Just had one go after maybe 1000 hours, and they don't look to be
user replaceable. Mind, there's 2 left :-)

--
Cheers, Rob

[Michael Black]

On Tue, 6 Nov 2018, Derald wrote:

> The Real Bev <bashl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Still shorts weather, and we still have the fan in the window at night!

> Same here. 60's overnight; 70's&80's daytime. Major t'storms late
> in week; chilly weekend; back to normal now. Still too warm too fool
> with the autumn veggie garden.

I don't know whether he's changed, but at one point there was a local guy
who always wore short pants, even in the coldest winter months. I know I
saw him around, and he even got mentioned in the paper, almost like a
local eccentric. I even met him once, he was getting rid of some computer
stuff, he had a whole computer network in his basement complete with a
NeXt computer, the only one I ever saw close up. He was a system
administrator at one of the local universities.

Michael

[The Real Bev]

Any chance that was Durk Pearson? He used to go to the TRW swap meet
wearing tiny black leather shorts. Google the name.

--
Cheers, Bev
"History started badly and hav been geting steadily worse."
-- Nigel Molesworth