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Posted by kyhayman on December 07, 2006 at 13:47:05 from (205.188.117.14):
In Reply to: Shop heat posted by Animal on December 07, 2006 at 10:46:28:
I used to use wood, not any more. Now I use propane in the shop. Does a great job and if I paid myself a nickle an hour its cheaper than wood. I did learn somthing though, when I built my studio (which is an enclosed shed of a barn. Insulated to R13 walls and ceiling. 22x24. In it I used a 220v forced air electric heater 7500 watts (out of Grainger catalog). Its awesome, clean, and economical. I never run it over 50% except to warm up, even down in the single digets and that was for a shoot for Maxim (if you read it, you know that they werent in fur coats). None of the models complained about the temps and I was wearing sweats and a tshirt.
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