ideas for last minute supplemental heat

[muldoon]

I'm headed up on Friday, supposed to be snowing and 22 that night.  I do have a heater, a oil filled electric radiator style.  It works, but it doesnt do the job when its really cold.  When its 40-50 it does fine, and the place stays in the 70s.  When its in the 30s outside, the cabin gets around 60 to 65 in the morning which I find a tad chilly.  I do not know what a 22 outside will be like - but I know it will be freaking cold. 

I plan to hang some heavy blankets over the drafty doors/windows to help keep the heat in.  I do not want to use the propane heaters I have as I dont want to be cracking the window and I dont trust the fumes.  Aside from blankets, anyone have any ideas for supplemental heating in a one off weekend kinda situation? 

cheap is good

[MountainDon]

Quartz halogen work lights give off a lot of heat; 500 to 1000 watts. Of course they'd make it kind of hard for me to get to sleep with the blaze of bright light.  

[rwanders]

There are a lot of electrical radiant heaters on the market and I have found them to work quite well---most are less than $100. They work by delivering radiant heat to you instead of trying to heat the air around you---they even work outside on the porch when it's a little chilly and makes it pretty comfortable as long as it is pointed towards you. The radiant effect is essentially immediate so they really work well when you first crawl out of those warm blankets in the morning----most draw about 1000-1500 watts.

[muldoon]

thanks guys.

I do have a halogen spotlight up there now - I use it for for cleaning and processing tasks in the dark after an evening hunt.  I never thought to use it as a heat source but will see about it. 

I'll take a look around for another electric heater.  I got juice now, two 20amp circuits practically unused so I think I'm ok with even that type of load.  might as well use it right? 

aside from that, hat, thick socks and gloves should round me out. 

[StinkerBell]

Friction makes it....Thats all I have to say.

[OlJarhead]

Kerosene heater?

They make household type heaters that will put out a lot of BTU's.

[Abbynrml]

the big orange box has a 1500 watt electric heater for 18 bucks.
but dont use extension cords on the heaters. I burned a plug up doing that. 

[peternap]

Kerosene heater?

They make household type heaters that will put out a lot of BTU's.

+2

[bayview]

   Bourbon? . . . 

[glenn kangiser]

Friction makes it....Thats all I have to say.

You were awful hot in those curlers, Stink..

[StinkerBell]

That pic makes many of men stumble!

[Don_P]

Items needed;
A VW hubcap, wipe out the road grime if in mixed company.
151 or mason jar of high octane stumpwater of choice, (11,400 BTU's/fifth or better)
1 sack of oranges

Break up oranges into hubcap, douse liberally with clean burning alcohol fuel of choice (safety first!). Ignite, warming hands over blue flame. Blow out when hands are warm. Consume vitamin C for prevention of seasonal colds and flu.

[firefox]

To seal up the windows from draft it might be a good idea to get
some clear plastic stuff used in construction that keeps paint etc. off of things. Usually comes in big rolls and ends up being very wide
since it is folded in on itself in the roll. Use this stuff along with some regular packing tape that is clear and comes in 2 inch wide rolls which you can use in a cheap plastic dispenser with a pistol grip.
This way you can really seal up the drafts. Also hang the blankets
for added insulation. Hopefully I have described the stuff clearly.
Not sure what the actual trade names are.
Hope this helps,
Bruce

[muldoon]

I picked up a heater in lagrange that draws 13 amps and puts some heat out.  It helped a lot in conjunction with the heater I had.  As for bourbon, my makers mark bottle got plenty dinged as well.  The plastic idea is good, I ended up using 15£ felt to seal up the worst drafty spot.  I'm using it as backer and getting ready for ceiling paneling.  Thanks again for the ideas, tonight is not sposed to be as bad.

[Jens]

Friction makes it....Thats all I have to say.

rub your hands together really fast, that's what she means   The winter that we sold our house in Oregon, the 5 of us were holed up in one bedroom of the house with a $20 heater from Ace.  The electric type, with a fan.  It worked well.  Not sure if you have insulation yet though.

[bayview]

muldoon:

   News has said that Houston has received one of the earliest snow falls on record . . .

   Did you receive much snow?

   We didn't receive any here in Dallas.  It was about 29 degrees this morning . . .


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[Redoverfarm]

http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/dyna-glo-tag-a-long-portable-indoor-outdoor-heater.aspx?a=595709&pn=1

[OlJarhead]

To seal up the windows from draft it might be a good idea to get
some clear plastic stuff used in construction that keeps paint etc. off of things. Usually comes in big rolls and ends up being very wide
since it is folded in on itself in the roll. Use this stuff along with some regular packing tape that is clear and comes in 2 inch wide rolls which you can use in a cheap plastic dispenser with a pistol grip.
This way you can really seal up the drafts. Also hang the blankets
for added insulation. Hopefully I have described the stuff clearly.
Not sure what the actual trade names are.
Hope this helps,
Bruce

6mil plastic does the job very well.  In fact in my cabin I put it on the windows we'd already cut out (no insulation yet and only a tarp roof) and then decided to put it on the windows that weren't cut out too (they had the 1/8th gap in the sheeting after all) and in sub 20 degree weather with a 23,000 BTU kerosene heater we kept it 40 degrees -- we could work in that.

If I was working in colder weather I'd sheet the entire inside walls with 6mil plastic and it would be MUCH warmer

Those heaters are pretty safe but don't put them inside a super sealed home or you may have issues with CO2

[StinkerBell]

Friction makes it....Thats all I have to say.

rub your hands together really fast, that's what she means   The winter that we sold our house in Oregon, the 5 of us were holed up in one bedroom of the house with a $20 heater from Ace.  The electric type, with a fan.  It worked well.  Not sure if you have insulation yet though.