I need some type of heat lamp or heat projection tube capable of
heating about a 6"x6" square area to 85-90 degrees from about 8 feet.
The unit must be small and discreet.
I need to use it to cause the thermostat near my cubicle to read 88
degrees so the AC will run. We had tried just to set it to 75 degrees,
but there are a couple of people here who won't tollerate it being that
'cold' so they turn it up to 85 deg. I figure if I can make that
thermostat sense 85 degrees, I can hook up a thermostat to the heat
'projector' in my cubicle and set it to so it will keep the AC
Thermostat at 88 deg until my cublicle is cooled to 75 degrees.
Thanks for any ideas
Till
CW wrote:
> Must have been quite an office to contain a sixteen foot fan. Did you have
> to tie things down against the wind?
>
> "Don White" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>
>>head, plus I had a 16' fan.
>
>
>
Everybody's a comedian!
Yes, that should be 16 inch fan.
Calif Bill wrote:
> "tillius" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > really looking for something electrical and much smaller. Maybe an IR
> > Lamp about the size of a pen light.
> >
>
>
> Adjust the offset inside the thermostat. So that when it reads 85, it is
> really 76.
Hmmm.. That might work. I really didn't want to go tampering with the
thermostat tho.
Have you got a halogen lamp? a properly placed mirror and magnifying
glass will get you enough heat, and if you get bored you can cook a few
ants.
tillius wrote:
> I need some type of heat lamp or heat projection tube capable of
> heating about a 6"x6" square area to 85-90 degrees from about 8 feet.
>
> The unit must be small and discreet.
>
> I need to use it to cause the thermostat near my cubicle to read 88
> degrees so the AC will run. We had tried just to set it to 75 degrees,
> but there are a couple of people here who won't tollerate it being that
> 'cold' so they turn it up to 85 deg. I figure if I can make that
> thermostat sense 85 degrees, I can hook up a thermostat to the heat
> 'projector' in my cubicle and set it to so it will keep the AC
> Thermostat at 88 deg until my cublicle is cooled to 75 degrees.
>
> Thanks for any ideas
>
> Till
"tillius" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I need some type of heat lamp or heat projection tube capable of
> heating about a 6"x6" square area to 85-90 degrees from about 8 feet.
>
> The unit must be small and discreet.
>
> I need to use it to cause the thermostat near my cubicle to read 88
> degrees so the AC will run. We had tried just to set it to 75 degrees,
> but there are a couple of people here who won't tollerate it being that
> 'cold' so they turn it up to 85 deg. I figure if I can make that
> thermostat sense 85 degrees, I can hook up a thermostat to the heat
> 'projector' in my cubicle and set it to so it will keep the AC
> Thermostat at 88 deg until my cublicle is cooled to 75 degrees.
>
> Thanks for any ideas
>
> Till
>
Buy them sweaters or install fake thermoostats.
[From the web]
The situation: "We had a problem develop with the secretary of the senior
vice president. Her office was outside her boss's office, and the thermostat
controlling the VAV box was in his office. He (like myself) was a large man,
and preferred the temperature at about 70[degrees]F instead of 72[degrees]
to 73[degrees]. She was a middle-aged lady who was subject to rapid
fluctuations in comfort."
After a string of callbacks and after the initial confusion of the foreman
assigned the task, a fake thermostat was installed over the weekend. At the
next meeting with the owner's representative, the rep confirmed that the
secretary was completely happy. "The phantom placebo thermostat had done its
job well!"
We did this in our cafe. Everybody is happy.
Dave
Cool. I think I've got it too. I'm going to use a small IR Lamp in a
small cyclinder lamp pointing straight up from my desk toward a mirror
I'm mounting on the cubicle wall. I'm then going to angle the mirror so
the IR 'light' is reflected to the thermostat. I figured I can put a
small normal lightbub in it while I am aiming the mirror.
I'm also going to attach a thermostat to the lamp and set it so that
when my cubicle gets above 75 degrees, the lamp will come one.
Till
"tillius"
>I need some type of heat lamp or heat projection tube capable of
> heating about a 6"x6" square area to 85-90 degrees from about 8 feet.
>
> The unit must be small and discreet.
You are looking for a miniature laser (CO2 would be best, but they are
gigantic) ... this would be a tiny death ray that you read about in comic
books. Unfortunately, the only ones in existence now are pumped with jet
engines and have the unfortunate habit of eating themselves after only a
second of so of operation. (Normally, they are sent downrange toward a
metal object, often the replica of an airplane, to see if enough heat can be
generated to burn the damn airplane out of the sky ... ... however, a plasma
is formed and immediately starts back toward the source itself ... if you
don't stop, it will ingest the plasma and phooey, you ruined a perfectly
good multi-million dollar boondoggle. So, if there is any air in your
office area, you cannot use this method ... that plasma is a bitch.
It is difficult to form a "beam" with heat ... about 5 micron wavelengths to
about 15 micron wavelengths are good "heat" areas. CO2 lasers are at 10
microns. There are some chemical lasers at about 5 microns. None of them
seem suitable. Building a small fire and trying to adjust a magnifying
glass seems pretty out of the question too. The problem is focusing the
heat ... normal glass is opaque at these wavelengths. You have to use
exotic metals as lenses. (For the big boys, you cannot use anything because
the heat eats your lens ... we build tiny tornados and actually bend the air
itself into a useable lens ... but we have already eliminated those guys.)
(I am omitting the problems with the rear reflectors which tend to get eaten
in the process as well ... damn things are a nuisance.)
So, we are left with electrical heaters and some sort of parabola lens
mechanism ... and try as I might, I cannot come up with anything that seems
reasonable to project to eight feet focused at six inches. That is a pretty
tight beam. You might get a six inch piece of plastic insulation pipe and
coat the inside first with some sort of insulation material and then cover
the inside with very shiny metal, perhaps aluminum foil ... then get a
miniature heat source from Sams or Wal-Mart and see if you can get anything
out the other end that is warm in the least. Most likely you will set your
focusing tube on fire if you are unlucky ... it will just melt if you are
lucky ... I think you have a serious problem.
CW wrote:
> Must have been quite an office to contain a sixteen foot fan. Did you have
> to tie things down against the wind?
>
> "Don White" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>
>>head, plus I had a 16' fan.
>
>
>
http://www.bigassfans.com/ Model P-16 moves 147,569 cfm
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Till,
You've got way too much time on your hands, you need a hobby.
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"tillius" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I need some type of heat lamp or heat projection tube capable of
> heating about a 6"x6" square area to 85-90 degrees from about 8 feet.
>
> The unit must be small and discreet.
>
> I need to use it to cause the thermostat near my cubicle to read 88
> degrees so the AC will run. We had tried just to set it to 75 degrees,
> but there are a couple of people here who won't tollerate it being that
> 'cold' so they turn it up to 85 deg. I figure if I can make that
> thermostat sense 85 degrees, I can hook up a thermostat to the heat
> 'projector' in my cubicle and set it to so it will keep the AC
> Thermostat at 88 deg until my cublicle is cooled to 75 degrees.
>
> Thanks for any ideas
>
> Till
>
why don't you just adjust the A/C registers (or ask the building
maintainence guy) so the one by your desk is blowing wide open and the one
by the complainers are closed. There is usuallu a central screw that
operates the louvers in the ceiling mounted units.
Tony
"tillius" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I need some type of heat lamp or heat projection tube capable of
> heating about a 6"x6" square area to 85-90 degrees from about 8 feet.
>
> The unit must be small and discreet.
>
> I need to use it to cause the thermostat near my cubicle to read 88
> degrees so the AC will run. We had tried just to set it to 75 degrees,
> but there are a couple of people here who won't tollerate it being that
> 'cold' so they turn it up to 85 deg. I figure if I can make that
> thermostat sense 85 degrees, I can hook up a thermostat to the heat
> 'projector' in my cubicle and set it to so it will keep the AC
> Thermostat at 88 deg until my cublicle is cooled to 75 degrees.
>
> Thanks for any ideas
>
> Till
>
"tillius" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I need some type of heat lamp or heat projection tube capable of
> heating about a 6"x6" square area to 85-90 degrees from about 8 feet.
>
> The unit must be small and discreet.
A propane bottle with a 'sunflower' IR heater?
tillius wrote:
> Cool. I think I've got it too. I'm going to use a small IR Lamp in a
> small cyclinder lamp pointing straight up from my desk toward a mirror
> I'm mounting on the cubicle wall. I'm then going to angle the mirror so
> the IR 'light' is reflected to the thermostat. I figured I can put a
> small normal lightbub in it while I am aiming the mirror.
>
> I'm also going to attach a thermostat to the lamp and set it so that
> when my cubicle gets above 75 degrees, the lamp will come one.
>
> Till
>
I went through the same situation for a number of years in my
office...it got worse the last few years when the Corp decided we didn't
need such big separate offices and jambed the two of us in one.
I had maintenance turn off the baffle in the air conditioning over her
head, plus I had a 16' fan. When I got brave I opened 'my'
window...hers remained shut the whole time we were there.
note: she had control of the steam radiator on her side.
The only thing that saved me...she was reasonably agreeable...she just
got cold easy.
I used to need something like this to heat my urithaine before putting it
in the gun to install windshields. I made a wooden box and put a space big
enough to house a light socket and bulb installed it and wired it up its
fully insullated with styrofoam and heats up depending on what wattage of
bulb you install. A 65 watt bulb heats up to about 80 degrees f. Hope this
was helpful.
Al
"tillius" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I need some type of heat lamp or heat projection tube capable of
> heating about a 6"x6" square area to 85-90 degrees from about 8 feet.
>
> The unit must be small and discreet.
>
> I need to use it to cause the thermostat near my cubicle to read 88
> degrees so the AC will run. We had tried just to set it to 75 degrees,
> but there are a couple of people here who won't tollerate it being that
> 'cold' so they turn it up to 85 deg. I figure if I can make that
> thermostat sense 85 degrees, I can hook up a thermostat to the heat
> 'projector' in my cubicle and set it to so it will keep the AC
> Thermostat at 88 deg until my cublicle is cooled to 75 degrees.
>
> Thanks for any ideas
>
> Till
>
"tillius" <[email protected]> wrote in news:1146510139.371115.44120
@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
> I need some type of heat lamp or heat projection tube capable of
> heating about a 6"x6" square area to 85-90 degrees from about 8 feet.
>
> The unit must be small and discreet.
>
http://www.sshcinc.com/under.htm or similar. Google your friend.
da pickle wrote:
> "tillius"
>
>
>>I need some type of heat lamp or heat projection tube capable of
>>heating about a 6"x6" square area to 85-90 degrees from about 8 feet.
>>
>>The unit must be small and discreet.
>
>
> You are looking for a miniature laser (CO2 would be best, but they are
> gigantic) ... this would be a tiny death ray that you read about in comic
> books. Unfortunately, the only ones in existence now are pumped with jet
> engines and have the unfortunate habit of eating themselves after only a
> second of so of operation. (Normally, they are sent downrange toward a
> metal object, often the replica of an airplane, to see if enough heat can be
> generated to burn the damn airplane out of the sky ... ... however, a plasma
> is formed and immediately starts back toward the source itself ... if you
> don't stop, it will ingest the plasma and phooey, you ruined a perfectly
> good multi-million dollar boondoggle. So, if there is any air in your
> office area, you cannot use this method ... that plasma is a bitch.
>
> It is difficult to form a "beam" with heat ... about 5 micron wavelengths to
> about 15 micron wavelengths are good "heat" areas. CO2 lasers are at 10
> microns. There are some chemical lasers at about 5 microns. None of them
> seem suitable. Building a small fire and trying to adjust a magnifying
> glass seems pretty out of the question too. The problem is focusing the
> heat ... normal glass is opaque at these wavelengths. You have to use
> exotic metals as lenses. (For the big boys, you cannot use anything because
> the heat eats your lens ... we build tiny tornados and actually bend the air
> itself into a useable lens ... but we have already eliminated those guys.)
> (I am omitting the problems with the rear reflectors which tend to get eaten
> in the process as well ... damn things are a nuisance.)
>
> So, we are left with electrical heaters and some sort of parabola lens
> mechanism ... and try as I might, I cannot come up with anything that seems
> reasonable to project to eight feet focused at six inches. That is a pretty
> tight beam. You might get a six inch piece of plastic insulation pipe and
> coat the inside first with some sort of insulation material and then cover
> the inside with very shiny metal, perhaps aluminum foil ... then get a
> miniature heat source from Sams or Wal-Mart and see if you can get anything
> out the other end that is warm in the least. Most likely you will set your
> focusing tube on fire if you are unlucky ... it will just melt if you are
> lucky ... I think you have a serious problem.
>
>
Maybe he should just sneak in on the weekend and embed one of the wire
(eaves ice melter)heater cords in the wall around the thermostat.
If he's good at drywall repair & touch-up painting, no one will notice.
<snip>
> If it is a large building the software could have this option imbedded.
> Randy
>
> "Teamcasa" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>
> [From the web]
> The situation: "We had a problem develop with the secretary of the senior
> vice president. Her office was outside her boss's office, and the
> thermostat
> controlling the VAV box was in his office. He (like myself) was a large
> man,
> and preferred the temperature at about 70[degrees]F instead of 72[degrees]
> to 73[degrees]. She was a middle-aged lady who was subject to rapid
> fluctuations in comfort."
> After a string of callbacks and after the initial confusion of the foreman
> assigned the task, a fake thermostat was installed over the weekend. At
> the
> next meeting with the owner's representative, the rep confirmed that the
> secretary was completely happy. "The phantom placebo thermostat had done
> its
> job well!"
>
> We did this in our cafe. Everybody is happy.
>
> Dave
>
There ya go. Install a fake 'stat in your cubical and set it as low as you
want! Or, instead of all the high-tech maneuvers you might just threaten to
wear a Speedo and a strapped T-shirt so that everyone else can be
comfortable!! I'll bet they all volunteer to wear sweaters- LOL!!
On Mon, 1 May 2006 16:03:57 -0500, "da pickle" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>So, we are left with electrical heaters and some sort of parabola lens
>mechanism ... and try as I might, I cannot come up with anything that seems
>reasonable to project to eight feet focused at six inches.
Gold is a very good reflector in the IR IIRC.
Low emissivity too.
--
Cliff
Will wrote:
> On 2 May 2006 05:32:37 -0700, "tillius" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Cool. I think I've got it too. I'm going to use a small IR Lamp in a
>> small cyclinder lamp pointing straight up from my desk toward a mirror
>> I'm mounting on the cubicle wall. I'm then going to angle the mirror so
>> the IR 'light' is reflected to the thermostat. I figured I can put a
>> small normal lightbub in it while I am aiming the mirror.
>>
>> I'm also going to attach a thermostat to the lamp and set it so that
>> when my cubicle gets above 75 degrees, the lamp will come one.
>>
>> Till
>
> Perhaps you are going about this the wrong way. Why not just build a
> miniature AC unit for your cubicle and direct the process heat towards
> the woman in question. Viola, you are both happy!
It's called a fan and you can get one for $14.95 at Wal-Mart.
My Daughter who worked for a company that designed and supplied computerised
HVAC control packages mentioned that an option on some installations is a
"time delay".
The main control sets the temperature. The engineer downstairs can
allow the movement of the floor thermostat to initiate a change in
temperature. After a set number of minutes the central control takes over
and the temperature reverts to the master control setting no matter where
the thermostat is set.
This particular placebo tactic is right in the manufacturers software.
If it is a large building the software could have this option imbedded.
Randy
"Teamcasa" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
[From the web]
The situation: "We had a problem develop with the secretary of the senior
vice president. Her office was outside her boss's office, and the thermostat
controlling the VAV box was in his office. He (like myself) was a large man,
and preferred the temperature at about 70[degrees]F instead of 72[degrees]
to 73[degrees]. She was a middle-aged lady who was subject to rapid
fluctuations in comfort."
After a string of callbacks and after the initial confusion of the foreman
assigned the task, a fake thermostat was installed over the weekend. At the
next meeting with the owner's representative, the rep confirmed that the
secretary was completely happy. "The phantom placebo thermostat had done its
job well!"
We did this in our cafe. Everybody is happy.
Dave
On 2 May 2006 05:32:37 -0700, "tillius" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Cool. I think I've got it too. I'm going to use a small IR Lamp in a
>small cyclinder lamp pointing straight up from my desk toward a mirror
>I'm mounting on the cubicle wall. I'm then going to angle the mirror so
>the IR 'light' is reflected to the thermostat. I figured I can put a
>small normal lightbub in it while I am aiming the mirror.
>
>I'm also going to attach a thermostat to the lamp and set it so that
>when my cubicle gets above 75 degrees, the lamp will come one.
>
>Till
Perhaps you are going about this the wrong way. Why not just build a
miniature AC unit for your cubicle and direct the process heat towards
the woman in question. Viola, you are both happy!
"tillius" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> really looking for something electrical and much smaller. Maybe an IR
> Lamp about the size of a pen light.
>
Adjust the offset inside the thermostat. So that when it reads 85, it is
really 76.
Must have been quite an office to contain a sixteen foot fan. Did you have
to tie things down against the wind?
"Don White" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> head, plus I had a 16' fan.