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Offline tp4tissue

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Heat Experts
« on: Sun, 11 January 2015, 17:49:20 »
Do they make infrared heaters in the 200 watt range..


I'm only looking for a foot warmer, as the puter's above the garage.. colder floor than rest of the house..

But all the infrared heaters seem to be in the 400+ watts range..  a bit much for what I need.

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Re: Heat Experts
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 11 January 2015, 18:17:48 »
Cut off feet - problem solved


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Re: Heat Experts
« Reply #3 on: Sun, 11 January 2015, 18:24:09 »
Get a dog, and call it something cool, mines called Shadow.
unless they have some unforeseeable downside (like they're actually made of cream cheese cunningly disguised as ABS)


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Re: Heat Experts
« Reply #4 on: Sun, 11 January 2015, 18:31:09 »
Get a dog, and call it something cool, mines called Shadow.
We named one dog gravy and the other peanut.

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Re: Heat Experts
« Reply #5 on: Sun, 11 January 2015, 18:35:51 »
We named one dog gravy and the other peanut.
Was that a Spam decision or a Spam-Jr decision?
unless they have some unforeseeable downside (like they're actually made of cream cheese cunningly disguised as ABS)


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Re: Heat Experts
« Reply #6 on: Sun, 11 January 2015, 18:36:50 »
We named one dog gravy and the other peanut.
Was that a Spam decision or a Spam-Jr decision?
We name all our pets with food or food related names.

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Re: Heat Experts
« Reply #7 on: Sun, 11 January 2015, 18:40:04 »
We named one dog gravy and the other peanut.
Was that a Spam decision or a Spam-Jr decision?
We name all our pets with food or food related names.

this is shortsighted... what happens when apocalypse gets goin' n ur hungry...

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Re: Heat Experts
« Reply #8 on: Sun, 11 January 2015, 18:40:44 »
Get an adjustable heating pad and some big fuzzy socks
   

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Re: Heat Experts
« Reply #9 on: Sun, 11 January 2015, 18:41:49 »
Get a dog, and call it something cool, mines called Shadow.

Your shadow dog emits infrared ?  200watts of it? u realize that's 172 Calories / hour..

I highly doubt shadow dog can push that kinda power level... 

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Re: Heat Experts
« Reply #10 on: Sun, 11 January 2015, 18:42:50 »
Get an adjustable heating pad and some big fuzzy socks

arn't these things dangerous?  you got all that fuzz around a heating element..

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Re: Heat Experts
« Reply #11 on: Sun, 11 January 2015, 18:44:42 »
Get a dog, and call it something cool, mines called Shadow.

Your shadow dog emits infrared ?  200watts of it? u realize that's 172 Calories / hour..

I highly doubt shadow dog can push that kinda power level...

Dogs **** on feet, dogs are warm.... Therefore feet are warm.
unless they have some unforeseeable downside (like they're actually made of cream cheese cunningly disguised as ABS)


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Re: Heat Experts
« Reply #12 on: Sun, 11 January 2015, 18:45:23 »
Sit! I meant sit! I swear I meant sit!
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Re: Heat Experts
« Reply #13 on: Sun, 11 January 2015, 18:56:11 »
Sit! I meant sit! I swear I meant sit!

If not... then that must be the "extreme fetishism" I've witnessed in in ya'll brits....

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Re: Heat Experts
« Reply #14 on: Sun, 11 January 2015, 19:23:12 »
We named one dog gravy and the other peanut.
Was that a Spam decision or a Spam-Jr decision?
We name all our pets with food or food related names.

this is shortsighted... what happens when apocalypse gets goin' n ur hungry...
Good thing the cats name is charcoal.

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Re: Heat Experts
« Reply #15 on: Sun, 11 January 2015, 19:26:26 »
In China they have these things:  it's a wooden box with a incandescent light bulb inside and a platform just above that your feet rest on. Then you wrap your feet and the box in a blanket. Very very warm and pretty power efficient. Used it for a long time in Tibet with no heat.

Dunno if they're available where you are but worth a shot maybe?
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Re: Heat Experts
« Reply #16 on: Sun, 11 January 2015, 19:51:03 »
In China they have these things:  it's a wooden box with a incandescent light bulb inside and a platform just above that your feet rest on. Then you wrap your feet and the box in a blanket. Very very warm and pretty power efficient. Used it for a long time in Tibet with no heat.

Dunno if they're available where you are but worth a shot maybe?

box with a light?   No they don't have this in my country.. but.. I could sure as hell build one..

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Re: Heat Experts
« Reply #17 on: Sun, 11 January 2015, 19:56:06 »
In China they have these things:  it's a wooden box with a incandescent light bulb inside and a platform just above that your feet rest on. Then you wrap your feet and the box in a blanket. Very very warm and pretty power efficient. Used it for a long time in Tibet with no heat.

Dunno if they're available where you are but worth a shot maybe?

You mean like a kotatsu?


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Re: Heat Experts
« Reply #18 on: Sun, 11 January 2015, 20:27:07 »
In China they have these things:  it's a wooden box with a incandescent light bulb inside and a platform just above that your feet rest on. Then you wrap your feet and the box in a blanket. Very very warm and pretty power efficient. Used it for a long time in Tibet with no heat.

Dunno if they're available where you are but worth a shot maybe?

You mean like a kotatsu?

The kotatsu seems to use an infrared lamp.. Screw that.. lightbulbs are 25cents.

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Re: Heat Experts
« Reply #19 on: Sun, 11 January 2015, 20:32:32 »
The Chinese excel at finding something everyday and cheap and finding new uses for them.

They need these bc many still live in the countryside with no central heat and no insulation.

TP I replied to your PM about the box.

The beauty of it was bc of the blanket you didn't need much wattage.
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Re: Heat Experts
« Reply #20 on: Sun, 11 January 2015, 20:45:30 »
We named one dog gravy and the other peanut.
Was that a Spam decision or a Spam-Jr decision?
We name all our pets with food or food related names.

Which of your pet's called 'spam'?
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Re: Heat Experts
« Reply #21 on: Mon, 12 January 2015, 07:32:23 »
Usually I wear ski socks and slippers at home (computer is in basement where it's fairly chilly in the winter with no heating).