[jayhawker]

I have alot of time on my hands with drive time between jobs, so I do alot of random thinking about things in general. I was in an office that every women and some men had a electric heater under their desk to keep warm ( like I want to hear about keeping warm as I head to the roof) in the office space. There has been several fires that I have heard about in the past caused by resistance heaters under desks so what about this idea? Installing low voltage radiant heating panels mounted to the desks or on a mat type surface that the chair sits on with a beveled edge. what-da-ya-think

http://www.warmup.com/us-carbonheater.phtml

 

[ga-hvac-tech]

I have alot of time on my hands with drive time between jobs, so I do alot of random thinking about things in general. I was in an office that every women and some men had a electric heater under their desk to keep warm ( like I want to hear about keeping warm as I head to the roof) in the office space. There has been several fires that I have heard about in the past caused by resistance heaters under desks so what about this idea? Installing low voltage radiant heating panels mounted to the desks or on a mat type surface that the chair sits on with a beveled edge. what-da-ya-think

The reason a fire started from the elec heater was not the 120v. Probably more due to a combustible item was ignited by the heater. A low voltage heater would require too many amps to get enough watts to produce a usable amount of BTU's... thus requiring a large cable. Better idea is for the boss to allow a warmer stat in the office... or folks wear more clothes.

 

[btuhack]

Timing is everything, sorry. I want to sell pre-sliced loaves of bread, Think it will catch on?

http://www.sshcinc.com/underdeskheaters.htm

 

[flange]

round here the under desk heater is a big no. i have a client with high end medical office spaces who puts in a radiant panel in every office after fitout. due to it being medical and vav it uses a lot of air changes and always feel drafty, which it is. they buy the radiant panel at the first sign of a problem. they fit nicely into ceiling grid. the company that they buy these from has a big red caqtalog, usually not in stock, "but they can get it for you tomorrow".

 

[tombeaux]

low wattage electric floor panels exist . can be put under most flooring types .Big red catalog.

 

[hvacker]

Amazing, the 12% energy savings with VAV systems gets eaten up with the electric foot warmers.

 

[3421]

Don't mean to stampede your thread but I'll throw out another idea.

Lately, I have found myself warming the bed sheets for my wife with a hairdryer. lol

They could use a good heating solution "over there" on the other side of the pond.

http://www.connect-services.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60K50020100121