Some of these are amusing.

http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/tohn...20600-0,00.htm

Al Bundy wrote:
Some of these are amusing.

http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/tohn...20600-0,00.htm

My favorite is the automotive radiator for radiant heat.

Gee, I feel a little better about my home improvement skills!

Jo Ann

Mikepier wrote:
Al Bundy wrote:
Some of these are amusing.

http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/tohn...20600-0,00.htm

My favorite is the automotive radiator for radiant heat.

it amazes me that more homes dont have electrical fires...........

Mikepier wrote:
Al Bundy wrote:
Some of these are amusing.

http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/tohn...20600-0,00.htm

My favorite is the automotive radiator for radiant heat.

And I always thought it would be fun to hook up a domestic cast iron
radiator in an old car- winter beater.

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On 25 Oct 2006 03:39:27 -0700, "Mikepier"
wrote:

My favorite is the automotive radiator for radiant heat.

That one is actually not that bad an idea. I know a guy who did this
with an array of solar collectors in his garage. If you put a garden
variety $20 "box" fan behind this it will pump out plenty of BTUs. It
kept us warm working on cars or harleys if it was a sunny day, even in
winter.


You've seen every episode of McGuyver haven't you? :-)

On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 23:36:26 -0500, Al Bundy
wrote:


Some of these are amusing.

http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/tohn...20600-0,00.htm

I'd laugh at them EXCEPT many years ago I put a new outlet in an old
bathroom....when my wife plugged in the vaccuum, the switch on the
Vaccuum turned the bathroom light on and off....I recovered and have
done a lot of (good and safe) electrical work since then.

Al Bundy wrote:
Some of these are amusing.

http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/tohn...20600-0,00.htm

Light switch in the shower, now that's scary!

Knew some country folks who heated the house with a woodstove in the
shed. Ran a water line under the ground, and used a radiator and fan
in the kitchen. I can't remember what they used for a circulator, but
he said he had a loop of copper in the firebox of the woodstove. Musta
worked.

I guess out in the shed he could burn crankcase oil and she didn't
mind as much.

--

Christopher A. Young
You can't shout down a troll.
You have to starve them.
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On 25 Oct 2006 03:39:27 -0700, "Mikepier"
wrote:

My favorite is the automotive radiator for radiant heat.

That one is actually not that bad an idea. I know a guy who did this
with an array of solar collectors in his garage. If you put a garden
variety $20 "box" fan behind this it will pump out plenty of BTUs. It
kept us warm working on cars or harleys if it was a sunny day, even in
winter.