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Workshop slippers?
RandyT:
--- Quote from: Vigo on February 07, 2022, 10:08:45 am ---Yeah, I'd go with something with real flame, but vent-free indoor grade. Everything I've had electrical heat has felt slow and wasteful.
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Careful with vent free gas heaters in a workshop. They put out a lot of moisture, which can already be an issue in a basement location. Leads to mold, rusty tools, etc. Also don't want to be using an open flame anywhere solvent vapors or fine sawdust are created and could ignite.
pbj:
The very idea of that thing seems ---smurfing--- crazy to me. That carbon monoxide isn't magically disappearing. But basements freak me out anyway, so you cave people do your cave people things.
Vigo:
--- Quote from: RandyT on February 08, 2022, 01:08:33 pm ---
--- Quote from: Vigo on February 07, 2022, 10:08:45 am ---Yeah, I'd go with something with real flame, but vent-free indoor grade. Everything I've had electrical heat has felt slow and wasteful.
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Careful with vent free gas heaters in a workshop. They put out a lot of moisture, which can already be an issue in a basement location. Leads to mold, rusty tools, etc. Also don't want to be using an open flame anywhere solvent vapors or fine sawdust are created and could ignite.
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Well, YMMV, but there is a real difference between using vent-free as a primary constant heat source and using it as a supplemental heat boost. I generally turn on heat for 15 minutes before working in the winter, it toasts up the room very well, then about every hour I give another 5-10 minutes of heat to keep things at 70. Winters in MN are way too dry to begin with. Never needed in any amount to create a moisture issue, and not running much when i am working.
Also, electrical isn't necessarily much safer. Nichrome wire at 1500 degrees is going to be a light up flammable vapor quickly. Probably electric radiant oil heating is better if the element is sealed, but it is a slow heat source. (Could be a good option for drying paint over many hours.)
--- Quote from: pbj on February 08, 2022, 01:12:34 pm ---The very idea of that thing seems ---smurfing--- crazy to me. That carbon monoxide isn't magically disappearing. But basements freak me out anyway, so you cave people do your cave people things.
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My understanding is that carbon monoxide generally isn't created at a significant level because it is a full combustion instead of a partial combustion that most flame heat creates. Couldn't tell you specifics of the real difference. They come equipped with safety sensors to begin with, and at least in my case, I'm not using in any rooms that have particularly great air sealing, so I am not too concerned.
Zebidee:
Carbon monoxide is very dangerous, and insidious as you cannot see or smell it.
Here is a true story from a few years ago in Australia. It happened near a rural village I used to live in, though I did not live there at the time of this story.
Bloke on a farm wants to clean out a water tank. So he gets his petrol water pump, pressure cleaner, to help. Goes inside to work. Gets a bit tired and sits down to rest.
His wife finds him late for lunch, he seems to be asleep, so she goes into the tank to to get him.
Then his brother (visiting from out of town) goes looking for him and the wife at the tank, finds both people in there in a bad way, goes into the tank to help out.
Finally a neighbour who heard screams goes to the tank to work out what is going on. Sees all three in there looking bad. Being cleverer than most, they go to get help.
All three died. A huge chunk of a family, of a community, wiped out in one go.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-17/poisonous-gas-detected-in-water-tank-where-three-bodies-found/8279576
nitrogen_widget:
--- Quote from: BadMouth on February 06, 2022, 10:06:18 pm ---
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--- Quote from: bobbyb13 on January 26, 2022, 03:37:04 pm ---When dealing with heavy, hot, sharp, etc. things where I am concerned about maiming myself my feet wind up in the steel toed boots that I use for all else when necessary.
Except for ripping full sheets of plywood I can usually get away with slippers while working on arcade machine stuff though.
Just wind up with dirty feet.
If I was still living on the East coast I would be dressed quite differently!
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it's just above freezing in my stone unheated basement.
i am debating on small 110v hanging heaters to put in multiple spots on the ceiling so I can patch and paint the stone walls and insulate the sill plate or just go full on 220v shop heater.
i can spend all night down there working as long as the temp is over 60.
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Not sure whether it would affect your paint, but I've been running a smallish kerosene heater. I had it as an emergency backup heat source, but the basement got too cold to comfortably work with the recent single digit temps. IIRC, it was rated for 300 square feet, but it heats my 800 sq ft basement well enough that after a few hours it's too warm to wear a sweatshirt. I also tried a 1500 watt "milk house heater" which works well in small rooms, but didn't accomplish much in the basement.
On the workshop slippers...
The enclosed crocs have worked well for slipping on for quick tasks. If I end up getting into a project and staying down there all day, my feet do sweat from them even while wearing socks. I do put on boots when I plan to be down there for a while, but sometimes a quick task turna into hours.
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single digit made basement no man's land.
i've used kerosene torpedo heaters 20yrs ago but it stinks the house up a bit.
I saw they have propane torpedo's now.
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