WFH Heating

stutakesphotos

QrizB said:

QrizB said:

Grumpy_chap said:

Is the most cost, energy and environmentally efficient approach to heat just the study using an electric heater, or to heat the whole house using gas central heating?

If you want to experiment, a heated seat cover (link to a typical one) uses around 40 watts and will be both efficient and green. You'll need a suitable 12v power supply or (at a pinch) car battery charger.

Bumping this thread ...

I thought I'd better put my money where my mouth is, so I bought a heated seat pad (similar to this one) and plugged it into the PSU I already had for my cool box (a bit like this one).

It works. The heat pad draws a little less than 2A, so around 20W, and keeps me warm in my chair when I'm WFH. The heat pad claims to have two settings (high/low) but the one I received doesn't, so it's either on or off. Not a huge problem for an experiment but it might be worth looking for one with more adjustability if it's a long-term purchase.

I haven't tried it on the floor under my feet but I guess it would work that way, too, if you preferred?

Really like this. I note you keep it on so I'm presuming it soon cools down?

QrizB

stutakesphotos said:

QrizB said:

Bumping this thread ...

I thought I'd better put my money where my mouth is, so I bought a heated seat pad (similar to this one) and plugged it into the PSU I already had for my cool box (a bit like this one).

It works. The heat pad draws a little less than 2A, so around 20W, and keeps me warm in my chair when I'm WFH. The heat pad claims to have two settings (high/low) but the one I received doesn't, so it's either on or off. Not a huge problem for an experiment but it might be worth looking for one with more adjustability if it's a long-term purchase.

I haven't tried it on the floor under my feet but I guess it would work that way, too, if you preferred?

Really like this. I note you keep it on so I'm presuming it soon cools down?

Yes, the seat pad itself has a fairly low heat capacity and the thermostat cuts out long before it gets uncomfortably hot (I haven't tried it with shorts, however).

You'll see from a couple of posts upthread that I've since modified it with an adjustable power controller which I can tweak up and down as needed. The original system was tolerable but this is better!

stutakesphotos

QrizB said:

stutakesphotos said:

QrizB said:

Bumping this thread ...

I thought I'd better put my money where my mouth is, so I bought a heated seat pad (similar to this one) and plugged it into the PSU I already had for my cool box (a bit like this one).

It works. The heat pad draws a little less than 2A, so around 20W, and keeps me warm in my chair when I'm WFH. The heat pad claims to have two settings (high/low) but the one I received doesn't, so it's either on or off. Not a huge problem for an experiment but it might be worth looking for one with more adjustability if it's a long-term purchase.

I haven't tried it on the floor under my feet but I guess it would work that way, too, if you preferred?

Really like this. I note you keep it on so I'm presuming it soon cools down?

Yes, the seat pad itself has a fairly low heat capacity and the thermostat cuts out long before it gets uncomfortably hot (I haven't tried it with shorts, however).

You'll see from a couple of posts upthread that I've since modified it with an adjustable power controller which I can tweak up and down as needed. The original system was tolerable but this is better!

Thank you, much appreciated

Grumpy_chap

QrizB said:

stutakesphotos said:

QrizB said:

Bumping this thread ...

I thought I'd better put my money where my mouth is, so I bought a heated seat pad (similar to this one) and plugged it into the PSU I already had for my cool box (a bit like this one).

It works. The heat pad draws a little less than 2A, so around 20W, and keeps me warm in my chair when I'm WFH. The heat pad claims to have two settings (high/low) but the one I received doesn't, so it's either on or off. Not a huge problem for an experiment but it might be worth looking for one with more adjustability if it's a long-term purchase.

I haven't tried it on the floor under my feet but I guess it would work that way, too, if you preferred?

Really like this. I note you keep it on so I'm presuming it soon cools down?

Yes, the seat pad itself has a fairly low heat capacity and the thermostat cuts out long before it gets uncomfortably hot (I haven't tried it with shorts, however).

You'll see from a couple of posts upthread that I've since modified it with an adjustable power controller which I can tweak up and down as needed. The original system was tolerable but this is better!

Presumably you won't have the heat pad on if the weather is suitable for shorts?

QrizB

Grumpy_chap said:

QrizB said:

Yes, the seat pad itself has a fairly low heat capacity and the thermostat cuts out long before it gets uncomfortably hot (I haven't tried it with shorts, however).

You'll see from a couple of posts upthread that I've since modified it with an adjustable power controller which I can tweak up and down as needed. The original system was tolerable but this is better!

Presumably you won't have the heat pad on if the weather is suitable for shorts?

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