Warm place to work.

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Warm place to work.

Postby lgsievila » Sun Jan 29, 2017 12:28 am

I share a hangar with two other planes but it sure is nice to be able to haul my Onex home to my heated shop when I have some work I want to do. It is about 12 miles each way and takes about 2 hours round trip on the back road at about 30 mph. Glad I built a trailer for transporting and I can do it by myself if necessary.
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Re: Warm place to work.

Postby peter anson » Sun Jan 29, 2017 1:02 am

Here's a photo Tony Richardson took in his workshop in Jan 2014. Would that be a warm enough place for you to work?
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Just to make the conversion easy, that's 118 F. Might be good training for the afterlife though.

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Re: Warm place to work.

Postby Bryan Cotton » Sun Jan 29, 2017 9:04 am

When it comes to hangar space I think I would rather heat than air condition!
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Re: Warm place to work.

Postby lgsievila » Sun Jan 29, 2017 10:08 am

When it is minus 9 C (16 F) I find it uncomfortable to work in the hangar and it is not only comfort but the availability of all my tools, etc. On the other hand I regularly enjoy my sauna at home with the temp at 75 C (170 F)so I will take the heat any day-just sayin.
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Re: Warm place to work.

Postby waiking59 » Sun Jan 29, 2017 10:20 am

I use a ceiling mounted infrared radiant tube heater to heat my 24X32 shop, like this
http://www.sunstarheaters.com/product/sir-series/
It's set at 38F when I'm not there. Within a couple minutes of turning it on you can feel the heat, set at 50-55F when I'm working. My Waiex is almost directly under the heater so it warms very quickly. I use 100-150 gal/year propane.
I'm considering a mini split heat pump as well to use mostly in the summer for humidity/cooling in the shop, like this.
http://www.fujitsugeneral.com/us/reside ... index.html
we have one in our home and it works great.
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