Since it warmed up to a balmy 30 degrees today I got to work in the shop for
a while. We recently had a thread about condensation. Today I came up with
an idea that worked.
Since I have little use these days for a hair dryer, I took it to the shop
with me. Cranked up the heater, but I also put some localized heat right on
the saw top, and a few other cast iron pieces. It eliminated the forming of
condensation, plus it added 1200 watts of heat for the 10 minutes that I ran
it.
--
Ed
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http://pages.cthome.net/edhome
Just putting the air in motion should do it, really. Give it a try, if you
don't want the heat.
Save the hair dryer for the pipes....
"Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Since it warmed up to a balmy 30 degrees today I got to work in the shop
for
> a while. We recently had a thread about condensation. Today I came up
with
> an idea that worked.
>
> Since I have little use these days for a hair dryer, I took it to the shop
> with me. Cranked up the heater, but I also put some localized heat right
on
> the saw top, and a few other cast iron pieces. It eliminated the forming
of
> condensation, plus it added 1200 watts of heat for the 10 minutes that I
ran
> it.
>
> --
> Ed
> [email protected]
> http://pages.cthome.net/edhome
>
>
George wrote:
> Just putting the air in motion should do it, really. Give it a try,
> if you don't want the heat.
>
> Save the hair dryer for the pipes....
Holding a cast iron tool that is 5 degrees is not a lot of fun, so the added
heat is a bonus. --
Ed
[email protected]
http://pages.cthome.net/edhome
Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
> Since it warmed up to a balmy 30 degrees today I got to work in the
> shop for a while. We recently had a thread about condensation.
> Today I came up with an idea that worked.
>
> Since I have little use these days for a hair dryer, I took it to the
> shop with me. Cranked up the heater, but I also put some localized
> heat right on the saw top, and a few other cast iron pieces. It
> eliminated the forming of condensation, plus it added 1200 watts of
> heat for the 10 minutes that I ran it.
Any type of radiant heater would also do the same thing. The guy with the
big propane heater that had the condensation problem could probably run a
small propane radiant unit facing his machines and eliminate the
condensation. I never get my shop warm enough for moisture to condense, at
least in January.
In KY there isn't enough humidity in the air to condense on anything in
January, but now come July it'll run down your chin.
--
http://users.adelphia.net/~kyhighland
"Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Since it warmed up to a balmy 30 degrees today I got to work in the shop
for
> a while. We recently had a thread about condensation. Today I came up
with
> an idea that worked.
>
> Since I have little use these days for a hair dryer, I took it to the shop
> with me. Cranked up the heater, but I also put some localized heat right
on
> the saw top, and a few other cast iron pieces. It eliminated the forming
of
> condensation, plus it added 1200 watts of heat for the 10 minutes that I
ran
> it.
>
> --
> Ed
> [email protected]
> http://pages.cthome.net/edhome
>
>