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Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: Suspension losses Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 12:00:24 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 43 Message-ID: <vm6578$2gcc4$2@dont-email.me> References: <beh2ojhsarrl8p37i446fenvlm4sa4tac8@4ax.com> <vlsfta$a60l$1@dont-email.me> <u1e8ojddts9edb9broi62iua1du7b01s8f@4ax.com> <vm1soq$1g6ul$2@dont-email.me> <4419oj9p6p9ft33ad1c8p9gv1vt73ogtnp@4ax.com> <jvb9ojhp5og9bu3pp4s876h2kh88j8ad24@4ax.com> <nkd9ojttriut6osfo3e9as9p7mpg2ff2ih@4ax.com> <vm363v$14sfp$7@dont-email.me> <vm3dfo$1rkhv$1@dont-email.me> <67gaojdl7qhg63omrrgnhie2pbhv1ms6eb@4ax.com> <vm3k8c$1sl3f$4@dont-email.me> <blrbojlvqv8eo3m8ql41trj42jtdeftee0@4ax.com> <li9coj568n97gr7o5kl748soclvd72jq7e@4ax.com> Reply-To: frkrygow@gmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 18:00:25 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="e7f49fbc69f7909868c31ff9bc5d2fe4"; logging-data="2634116"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+VV6OoBJWyp5yhsTPfv0C66ZybWviL9Mc=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:4iniavmDW4lVjB0T7Rv+NpVEYp8= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <li9coj568n97gr7o5kl748soclvd72jq7e@4ax.com> Bytes: 3642 On 1/14/2025 4:04 AM, John B. wrote: > On Mon, 13 Jan 2025 21:13:57 -0800, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> > wrote: > >> On Mon, 13 Jan 2025 12:58:35 -0500, Frank Krygowski >> <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> >>> On 1/13/2025 12:06 PM, Wolfgang Strobl wrote: >>>> You, as a person, don't need or consume heat. Somewhat simplified, you >>>> need a certain range of temperatures. In the ideal case, you don't need >>>> any additional energy, because your body already produces heat. A little >>>> bit of isolation, perhaps provided by that very blanket, might be >>>> sufficient. >>> >>> And, I suppose, we could do away with all home heating, and just wear >>> very heavy clothing all winter. But I don't know of anyone doing that. >> >> I'm currently doing something similar to save firewood, which costs >> about $500/cord delivered. My bed has multiple layers of blanket and >> a goose feather duvet. During the day at home, I wear a padded jacket >> and fleece lined pants. I'm constantly moving around so I tend to >> warm myself. I usually wear a wool hat indoors to keep my head warm. >> At about sundown, the temperature drops sufficiently to require >> additional heat. The wood burner runs in the evening for about 5 hrs >> until I fall into the bed. If I have guests during the day, I start a >> fire in the wood burner. The reason this works for me is that the >> temperatures are quite mild during most of the winter. >> >> <https://photos.app.goo.gl/akvXf9MyYNzpYpY77> > > > I don't know whether you know this but when using a stove to heat a > room put the stove in the opposite side of the room from the chimney. > Then run the stovepipe from the stove straight up from the stove to > the ceiling and then along the ceiling, using mounts to separate the > stove pipe and ceiling, of course, across the room to the chimney. > > That way you get more heat from the same amount of wood. And that's mostly radiant heat, which to me feels best of all. -- - Frank Krygowski