On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:20:00 +0000, Usenet Nutter
wrote:

On Wed, 6 Jan 2010 11:19:33 -0800 (PST), Owain
wrote:

On 6 Jan, 17:15, MM wrote:
Not including residual heat from cooking, vacuum cleaner, kiddies etc.
I've just bought an Argos mini oil-filled heater for £24.99 (800W)
because I don't like leaving my little computer room (to go and get
food etc) with the fan heater left switched on.

My lounge is fairly adequately kept warm when the computer's on, if
the heating was on earlier. I have the GCH running for 40 mins about
3x per day. Fan heater in the bedroom for about 10 mins before turning
in.

Owain

Your comp keeps your lounge warm???

In my case (I'm retired, so at home most of the day) I continue to
write software and write other stuff to keep my brain active and I do
that in what would be classed the "third bedroom", i.e. the baby's
room, i.e. the smallest bedroom. The two desktops in there are usually
adequate to keep the temperature around 21 deg C, but in this
particularly cold spell it does need a boost to get the temperature up
first thing in the morning.

MM