Sufficient Self Forum

If it was just me, I could do something like this, but hubby would never go for it.

Hey Paul, I like all your tube videos and subscribe to them, but try to be a bit more specific or caring when talking so we all can learn more. By the way when you say 1500 watts are you just quoting the nameplate or actually doing the math? My 1500 watt heater that only consumes 25 watt / m.. is a bit less then the hog tied tomato we call friend and much less then your 80 watt harbinger does. Is yours a buffalogator dung heater perchance?

You may be good at permaculture and rocket stoves but electronics and chemistry has my business for 30+ years, you can fool the McClowns and a yurt nugget pile driver or two but you can't induce (inductance) Frank Zappa capacitive reactance on me. (sometimes known as yellow.reluctance.snow).

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2009/02/amish_heaters.html

Don't turn it on at night.

True, it would be even better if actual electrical usage was logged.  Still, let's not pick on the guy for sharing a basically honest and informative video.

The idea of using radient and specific heat makes a lot of sense.  And the quick cool down means quick respons time, probably due to minimum thermal mass.  That means there's little energy wasted if you work for a few minutes or a few hours.

I get cold when I sit too long in front of my computer, too, and it usually means I should get up and move around before my blood clots spontaneously.  Someone told me that your metabolism shuts down if you sit still for too long, which is bad for most of us.  I can't reference it, but I do know that office workers are less likely to get an injury if they take a quick break to stretch and walk around ever 2 hours.

Really nice  video.