On Jun 9, 0:08, Zane H. Healy wrote:
> On June 9, R. D. Davis wrote:
> >Do any computer preservationists seriously use their systems to heat
their
> >houses in the winter in place of a furnace?
>
> Well, the room in the house with all the computers (well, except the ones
> living in the garage) has the heating blocked off,
Same with my office/computer room; there are two machines and an old (and
therefore relatively power-hungry) hub that are on 24/7. It's a small room
and has the heating off and the two adjacent rooms have the heating turned
way down.
There's usually a machine in the garage on 24/7 in the winter; if ever it's
not on, there's a heater and/or dehumidifier there to protect the tools and
'puters.
> OTOH, most of that heat comes from 1 21" monitor, and the real problem is
> the design of this house. Even without the computer equipment on this
room
> is considerably hotter than the rest of the house.
Funny how that happens, isn't it? Mine's the same: upper floor, centre
room, just at the top of the stairs, seems to collect all the heat from
downstairs -- and has a 20" Sony GDM1961/VRT-19HA.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
Received on Fri Jun 09 2000 - 03:23:13 BST