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Shepherduke:
 Thanks to all.

Darren:
On the electrical heat costs,

400W heater in this cold snap which is currently around the freezing point is costing about £1.50 a day to keep the place at 10-12deg if left on 24hrs.

If turned off overnight and only switched on for about 10hrs a day then the cost is just under half that as you would expect.
When off overnight the temp at the start of the next day is hovering around 6C.

I can live with 75p a day ....  :)

ksouers:
Darren,
Wouldn't you want to flip that time around? Run the heater at night and let the sun (when you can get it) keep things warm during the day?

Say, come on about 8-9 PM and off again 12 hours later...

Just thinking out loud.

Kevin

Darren:
I don't know where you are in the US but here in the UK we will have forgotten what the sun is by the next time we see it !!

The days are incredibly short now and it starts to get dark around 3.30 in the afternoon if it's cloudy. If the sun is miraculously out and shining merrily it's so low on the horizon there will be no heat worth mentioning.

Nice idea, but won't work here  :thumbup:

Estimated useful sunshine around end of Feb next year. Which along with Jan is our coldest months.

Those further North of us have it worst, not a good time for Scotland beach bathing I hear ....  :lol:

ksouers:
LOL Darren. I didn't realize Merry Olde England was that far north.

I'm in St Louis, right about the middle of everything from every direction, latitude 38. We get some sun in winter, not a lot, but sometimes enough to warm up the garage where my shop is. Definitely a difference (sometimes) between night and semi-day, temperature wise.

Kevin

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