[BlindHandyMan] Looking for Accessible Stereo Receiver
Hi Folks, This is Tim Ford, with a bit of an off topic request, but I do not know where else to start. If deemed off topic by our trusty list moderator, then please send any responses to me at the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I need to buy a new stereo receiver, and have no idea how to find the models that will be more useable to a totally blind person. I would like to buy over the Internet if possible, because I live a long way from any good sized store that would have much selection, and the accessibility part is something that I would not expect the average stereo shop employee to know about. I am not in need of total accessibility, since this receiver will be for the general family use. I would want to be able to select the inputs, volume, change channels on the radio, and that's about it. The unit will need to have a fair amount of inputs, since hooked onto this receiver will be two tape decks, a separate DVD player, and the output from the TV goes through it. I also have three separate sets of speakers hooked up, and would like to be able to play at least two of those speaker sets simultaneously. I do not need to play it super loud, but I would want decent power. So how do I go about identifying which units out there would allow me to operate the basic commands?Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Applying finish to wood
Tom, No, I have not worked with Spirit Varnish. You can dip the dowel ends in the can if you wish, but you will have way too much on them when you pull them out and they will drip all over and you will have to deal with it anyway. I usually just give end grain a bit more attention when I am applying to the rest of the piece. For instance, I might start by applying some finish to the end grain and then do the rest of the piece and apply more to the end grain as I get to it in the process of doing the piece. You will get plenty on the end grain to seal it if you give it a little extra attention. As for the used paper towels, I let them dry and then throw them in the trash. My garbage can in the shop has the lid upside down on top of it and I put the used paper towels here to dry and then I throw them in the can. Let us know how you do with this project. I think you will really like it and the results will be something you can be proud of. Good Luck. - Original Message - From: Tom Fowle To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 9:53 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Applying finish to wood Mickey, You're an inspiration, much as I hate that word. GRIN being a bit of a sailor, I knew what a spar is so that's why I bought the stuff. i also thought I'd dip the ends of the dowels in the can when done cause it'd be hard to be sure the end grain was wel sealed. Have you ever worked with spirit varnish as in used on some musical instruments? that dries very fast indeed. Have done french polish and that's fun if you're quick. do you worry about disposing of the used paper towels? I suppose there isn't a large enough mess of them to worry about self combustion. thanks, may try that next weekend, when will have some time, if the weather doesn't get too cool that is. tom Net-Tamer V 1.13 Beta - Registered -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.2/472 - Release Date: 10/11/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.2/472 - Release Date: 10/11/2006 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Looking for Accessible Stereo Receiver
Tim, I am not sure of the model off hand, but I have a Sony that is pretty friendly to use. It has separate buttons for video 1, video 2, DVD, cd, tape, and radio. The volume is a huge knob on the front. Changing the radio stations is very simple to, when radio is selected, there is a left and right button for browsing through the stations, or a separate left and right for browsing through the stations that you have programmed in. I have a VCR, DVD, CD, and satellite receiver all hooked through the receiver. If you do not have a VCR, you could probably use the audio in and outs for the VCR (video 1) to run the second tape deck. I have 5 speakers hooked up, 2 rear, 2 front, and one center. I am sure they don't make this model anymore, cause it is three years old, but if you want I will try to find out my model, and see if Sony has a similar newer model. I think it was a tad under $300 for receiver, 5 speakers, and a sub woofer. Michael -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Timothy Ford Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 10:14 To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Looking for Accessible Stereo Receiver Hi Folks, This is Tim Ford, with a bit of an off topic request, but I do not know where else to start. If deemed off topic by our trusty list moderator, then please send any responses to me at the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:ttford1%40accessbee.com com I need to buy a new stereo receiver, and have no idea how to find the models that will be more useable to a totally blind person. I would like to buy over the Internet if possible, because I live a long way from any good sized store that would have much selection, and the accessibility part is something that I would not expect the average stereo shop employee to know about. I am not in need of total accessibility, since this receiver will be for the general family use. I would want to be able to select the inputs, volume, change channels on the radio, and that's about it. The unit will need to have a fair amount of inputs, since hooked onto this receiver will be two tape decks, a separate DVD player, and the output from the TV goes through it. I also have three separate sets of speakers hooked up, and would like to be able to play at least two of those speaker sets simultaneously. I do not need to play it super loud, but I would want decent power. So how do I go about identifying which units out there would allow me to operate the basic commands? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Quartz Infrared Heaters
Ray, do you know where you can purchase these units? Ken Hawk - Original Message - From: Ray Boyce [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 8:15 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Quartz Infrared Heaters Hi Ed This is what I found out about the heater Q. What is the origin of this amazing heating element in the EdenPURET Heater? A. This advanced heating element was discovered accidentally by a man named John Jones. He had a large old farmhouse that was impossible to heat. Jones had a coal furnace in his basement. Jones placed a sheet of cured copper near the furnace to store it. Cured copper is a type of copper that goes through an extensive heating process to give it special properties. EdenPURET Quartz Infrared Portable Heater After the fire went out in the coal furnace, Jones noticed that the sheet of copper was heating his entire basement evenly, even though the furnace was no longer putting out heat. He also was amazed as to how long the heat stayed in the copper and continued to warm the room. Jones was so taken back by this that he started to experiment. He formed a company to develop a heating source out of this cured copper. But Jones had a number of children and he did not want a heating source that would cause a fire or create other hazardous situations like creating carbon monoxide or radiation. He also did not want his children to get burned. To make a long story short, through a great deal of research and development, Jones developed a heating source that utilized commercial infrared quartz tubes. Q. What advantages does infrared quartz tube heating source have over other heating source products? A. John Jones designed his heating source around the three most important consumer benefits: economy, comfort, and safety. The final development of this infrared quartz heat source cannot be matched by any other heating system in the world. In the EdenPURE system, electricity is used to generate infrared light which, in turn, creates a very safe heat. Infrared is the safest form of heat because it does not create carbon monoxide or harmful radiation. And, most importantly, infrared heat does not reach a burning temperature. After a great deal of research and development, very efficient infrared heat chambers were developed that utilize three unique patented solid copper heat exchangers in one EdenPURE Heater. Over 5 years of research, development and real life field testing stand behind this heat source. It has now worked in residential and commercial applications worldwide for over 25 years. Q. Why is it that this quartz infrared heating source uses less energy to create heat than other sources? A. Actually, there is more than one reason. One of the primary reasons is that heat at combustion level, which is what all other heat sources use, causes the heat to instantly rise to the ceiling. Therefore, the heat is not evenly distributed, causing a very inefficient and uncomfortable heat source. The EdenPURE Quartz Infrared Portable Heater does not use burning heat. Once the heat exchanger absorbs the infrared heat, it exhales the heat into the living area which is carried by the existing humidity in the air. This causes the heat to travel rapidly and evenly throughout a room. In actual studies, photos using infrared lighting demonstrated that the heat was almost perfectly even from floor-to-ceiling and wall-to-wall. The EdenPURE Quartz Infrared efficiency is based on the distribution of energized air, not on just fan movement. This heat is coined as soft heat due to how comfortable it is. Q. What are the other disadvantages of combustion heat sources? A. Heat sources that are above the burning level have many unhealthy side effects. One of these is that it creates dry, irritating indoor air. It also burns a great deal of oxygen in the air. If you remember, when you sit in front of a fireplace or a portable heater or close to a heat source, you will remember yawning. This is because you are not getting enough oxygen. This dry irritating heat and lack of oxygen dries out sinuses and mucus in the throat, and makes people susceptible to disease. The lack of oxygen causes fatigue. Also, many combustible heat sources produce carbon monoxide, static cling, and some produce radiation. Q. So you're saying that children or pets can come up to this unit and touch it and not be harmed? A. That is absolutely correct. As a matter of fact, pets are actually drawn to this heat because it is a natural source of heat, just like the sun heats the earth. Animals are much more instinctive than humans. This heat not only heats the air, but it also heats the objects in the room. It is a perfectly balanced heat. Q. How can a person cut their heating bill by up to 50% with the EdenPURE? A. First, the EdenPURE uses less energy to create
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Quartz Infrared Heaters
Not Ray, But you can order them off the net, by typing in Edenpure the edit field of your search engine. Amazon has one up for bid at the present. The bid is $305 the last time I looked. The retail price is $397 for the larger model and around $300 for the smaller model. The cabinet is made of plastic and has a 60 day money back guarantee, Believe the unit is guaranteed for three years. They are basing the energy saving on the price of fuel oil. RJ - Original Message - From: Ken Hawk [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 9:24 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Quartz Infrared Heaters Ray, do you know where you can purchase these units? Ken Hawk - Original Message - From: Ray Boyce [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 8:15 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Quartz Infrared Heaters Hi Ed This is what I found out about the heater Q. What is the origin of this amazing heating element in the EdenPURET Heater? A. This advanced heating element was discovered accidentally by a man named John Jones. He had a large old farmhouse that was impossible to heat. Jones had a coal furnace in his basement. Jones placed a sheet of cured copper near the furnace to store it. Cured copper is a type of copper that goes through an extensive heating process to give it special properties. EdenPURET Quartz Infrared Portable Heater After the fire went out in the coal furnace, Jones noticed that the sheet of copper was heating his entire basement evenly, even though the furnace was no longer putting out heat. He also was amazed as to how long the heat stayed in the copper and continued to warm the room. Jones was so taken back by this that he started to experiment. He formed a company to develop a heating source out of this cured copper. But Jones had a number of children and he did not want a heating source that would cause a fire or create other hazardous situations like creating carbon monoxide or radiation. He also did not want his children to get burned. To make a long story short, through a great deal of research and development, Jones developed a heating source that utilized commercial infrared quartz tubes. Q. What advantages does infrared quartz tube heating source have over other heating source products? A. John Jones designed his heating source around the three most important consumer benefits: economy, comfort, and safety. The final development of this infrared quartz heat source cannot be matched by any other heating system in the world. In the EdenPURE system, electricity is used to generate infrared light which, in turn, creates a very safe heat. Infrared is the safest form of heat because it does not create carbon monoxide or harmful radiation. And, most importantly, infrared heat does not reach a burning temperature. After a great deal of research and development, very efficient infrared heat chambers were developed that utilize three unique patented solid copper heat exchangers in one EdenPURE Heater. Over 5 years of research, development and real life field testing stand behind this heat source. It has now worked in residential and commercial applications worldwide for over 25 years. Q. Why is it that this quartz infrared heating source uses less energy to create heat than other sources? A. Actually, there is more than one reason. One of the primary reasons is that heat at combustion level, which is what all other heat sources use, causes the heat to instantly rise to the ceiling. Therefore, the heat is not evenly distributed, causing a very inefficient and uncomfortable heat source. The EdenPURE Quartz Infrared Portable Heater does not use burning heat. Once the heat exchanger absorbs the infrared heat, it exhales the heat into the living area which is carried by the existing humidity in the air. This causes the heat to travel rapidly and evenly throughout a room. In actual studies, photos using infrared lighting demonstrated that the heat was almost perfectly even from floor-to-ceiling and wall-to-wall. The EdenPURE Quartz Infrared efficiency is based on the distribution of energized air, not on just fan movement. This heat is coined as soft heat due to how comfortable it is. Q. What are the other disadvantages of combustion heat sources? A. Heat sources that are above the burning level have many unhealthy side effects. One of these is that it creates dry, irritating indoor air. It also burns a great deal of oxygen in the air. If you remember, when you sit in front of a fireplace or a portable heater or close to a heat source, you will remember yawning. This is because you are not getting enough oxygen. This dry irritating heat and lack of oxygen dries out sinuses and mucus in the throat, and makes people
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Applying finish to wood
Mickey, thanks for all that, I'll do as suggested. BTW, my cc:s to you are bouncing from your isp, some nonsense about white space in the headers. I know it's an old dos client, but never seen that before. thanks tom Net-Tamer V 1.13 Beta - Registered To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Quartz Infrared Heaters
Hi Ken I hope rJ helped as I live in Australia do a Google Search for your nearest retailer this should come up with a few options. - Original Message - From: Ken Hawk [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 11:24 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Quartz Infrared Heaters Ray, do you know where you can purchase these units? Ken Hawk - Original Message - From: Ray Boyce [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 8:15 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Quartz Infrared Heaters Hi Ed This is what I found out about the heater Q. What is the origin of this amazing heating element in the EdenPURET Heater? A. This advanced heating element was discovered accidentally by a man named John Jones. He had a large old farmhouse that was impossible to heat. Jones had a coal furnace in his basement. Jones placed a sheet of cured copper near the furnace to store it. Cured copper is a type of copper that goes through an extensive heating process to give it special properties. EdenPURET Quartz Infrared Portable Heater After the fire went out in the coal furnace, Jones noticed that the sheet of copper was heating his entire basement evenly, even though the furnace was no longer putting out heat. He also was amazed as to how long the heat stayed in the copper and continued to warm the room. Jones was so taken back by this that he started to experiment. He formed a company to develop a heating source out of this cured copper. But Jones had a number of children and he did not want a heating source that would cause a fire or create other hazardous situations like creating carbon monoxide or radiation. He also did not want his children to get burned. To make a long story short, through a great deal of research and development, Jones developed a heating source that utilized commercial infrared quartz tubes. Q. What advantages does infrared quartz tube heating source have over other heating source products? A. John Jones designed his heating source around the three most important consumer benefits: economy, comfort, and safety. The final development of this infrared quartz heat source cannot be matched by any other heating system in the world. In the EdenPURE system, electricity is used to generate infrared light which, in turn, creates a very safe heat. Infrared is the safest form of heat because it does not create carbon monoxide or harmful radiation. And, most importantly, infrared heat does not reach a burning temperature. After a great deal of research and development, very efficient infrared heat chambers were developed that utilize three unique patented solid copper heat exchangers in one EdenPURE Heater. Over 5 years of research, development and real life field testing stand behind this heat source. It has now worked in residential and commercial applications worldwide for over 25 years. Q. Why is it that this quartz infrared heating source uses less energy to create heat than other sources? A. Actually, there is more than one reason. One of the primary reasons is that heat at combustion level, which is what all other heat sources use, causes the heat to instantly rise to the ceiling. Therefore, the heat is not evenly distributed, causing a very inefficient and uncomfortable heat source. The EdenPURE Quartz Infrared Portable Heater does not use burning heat. Once the heat exchanger absorbs the infrared heat, it exhales the heat into the living area which is carried by the existing humidity in the air. This causes the heat to travel rapidly and evenly throughout a room. In actual studies, photos using infrared lighting demonstrated that the heat was almost perfectly even from floor-to-ceiling and wall-to-wall. The EdenPURE Quartz Infrared efficiency is based on the distribution of energized air, not on just fan movement. This heat is coined as soft heat due to how comfortable it is. Q. What are the other disadvantages of combustion heat sources? A. Heat sources that are above the burning level have many unhealthy side effects. One of these is that it creates dry, irritating indoor air. It also burns a great deal of oxygen in the air. If you remember, when you sit in front of a fireplace or a portable heater or close to a heat source, you will remember yawning. This is because you are not getting enough oxygen. This dry irritating heat and lack of oxygen dries out sinuses and mucus in the throat, and makes people susceptible to disease. The lack of oxygen causes fatigue. Also, many combustible heat sources produce carbon monoxide, static cling, and some produce radiation. Q. So you're saying that children or pets can come up to this unit and touch it and not be harmed? A. That is absolutely correct. As a matter of fact, pets are actually drawn to this heat because it is a natural source of heat,
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Quartz Infrared Heaters
There is at least one other manufacturer of quartz home space heaters. We just ordered a Sun Twin which is a 1500 watt unit with oak Vanier cabinet. It retails for about $550 but we bought our for $450 on EBay. If there's any interest I can post after we use it some. We were deciding between the Sun Twin and a unit produced by Solar Cloud. The Solar Cloud heater used infrared bulbs instead of the quartz. As I researched I couldn't find much that would say the quartz is superior to the infrared. I did find that quartz heaters have a lot of industrial uses. Ralph _ From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ray Boyce Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 3:34 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Quartz Infrared Heaters Hi Ken I hope rJ helped as I live in Australia do a Google Search for your nearest retailer this should come up with a few options. - Original Message - From: Ken Hawk [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:khawk%40triad.rr.com rr.com To: blindhandyman@ mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 11:24 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Quartz Infrared Heaters Ray, do you know where you can purchase these units? Ken Hawk - Original Message - From: Ray Boyce [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:rayb101%40westnet.com.au com.au To: blindhandyman@ mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 8:15 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Quartz Infrared Heaters Hi Ed This is what I found out about the heater Q. What is the origin of this amazing heating element in the EdenPURET Heater? A. This advanced heating element was discovered accidentally by a man named John Jones. He had a large old farmhouse that was impossible to heat. Jones had a coal furnace in his basement. Jones placed a sheet of cured copper near the furnace to store it. Cured copper is a type of copper that goes through an extensive heating process to give it special properties. EdenPURET Quartz Infrared Portable Heater After the fire went out in the coal furnace, Jones noticed that the sheet of copper was heating his entire basement evenly, even though the furnace was no longer putting out heat. He also was amazed as to how long the heat stayed in the copper and continued to warm the room. Jones was so taken back by this that he started to experiment. He formed a company to develop a heating source out of this cured copper. But Jones had a number of children and he did not want a heating source that would cause a fire or create other hazardous situations like creating carbon monoxide or radiation. He also did not want his children to get burned. To make a long story short, through a great deal of research and development, Jones developed a heating source that utilized commercial infrared quartz tubes. Q. What advantages does infrared quartz tube heating source have over other heating source products? A. John Jones designed his heating source around the three most important consumer benefits: economy, comfort, and safety. The final development of this infrared quartz heat source cannot be matched by any other heating system in the world. In the EdenPURE system, electricity is used to generate infrared light which, in turn, creates a very safe heat. Infrared is the safest form of heat because it does not create carbon monoxide or harmful radiation. And, most importantly, infrared heat does not reach a burning temperature. After a great deal of research and development, very efficient infrared heat chambers were developed that utilize three unique patented solid copper heat exchangers in one EdenPURE Heater. Over 5 years of research, development and real life field testing stand behind this heat source. It has now worked in residential and commercial applications worldwide for over 25 years. Q. Why is it that this quartz infrared heating source uses less energy to create heat than other sources? A. Actually, there is more than one reason. One of the primary reasons is that heat at combustion level, which is what all other heat sources use, causes the heat to instantly rise to the ceiling. Therefore, the heat is not evenly distributed, causing a very inefficient and uncomfortable heat source. The EdenPURE Quartz Infrared Portable Heater does not use burning heat. Once the heat exchanger absorbs the infrared heat, it exhales the heat into the living area which is carried by the existing humidity in the air. This causes the heat to travel rapidly and evenly throughout a room. In actual studies, photos using infrared lighting demonstrated that the heat was almost perfectly even from floor-to-ceiling and wall-to-wall. The EdenPURE Quartz Infrared efficiency is based on the distribution of energized air, not on just fan movement. This heat is coined as soft heat due to how comfortable it is.
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Bugs
Probably, but I put them in places that they can't possibly reach. At 12:47 PM 10/13/2006, you wrote: If one of your pets finds one and eates the tablet. Will it hurt them? Steve Shannon Today I marry my best friend. The one I laugh with, live for, love.. October 11, 2003 -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 4:02 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Bugs Living in Hawaii, I think I may be an expert on this subject... grin. I have pets and for about 15 years I have used something called Harris Pills. I think they have other names, but basically they are boric acid tablets. The powder is really messy and gets gummy if it is in a moist place. The pills can be dropped behind a refrigerator, stove, washer, be put inside a cabinet... You only need one tablet per room and they need to be replaced about every six months at first. Now I put them out once a year just in case. One of their favorite ways to come into a home is in paper grocery bags and cardboard boxes. You can't see them because often they are hidden in a fold somewhere or their eggs are in there and then they hatch. I think the tablets cost about $3 for two hundred, practically a lifetime supply. Good luck.. Betsy At 04:51 AM 10/13/2006, you wrote: Hi All, Does any one know of a good bug spray that you can spray around the base boards for roaches that will not harm pets? Steve Shannon Today I marry my best friend. The one I laugh with, live for, love.. October 11, 2003 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to:
[BlindHandyMan] Quartz Infrared Heaters
Ralph, I would very much to know what you think of this unit. Though I use my sun-room for solar heat, the days there is no sun for the sun-room. I am thinking if the reports are good it would be a nice unit to have. So, I would be very interested in your model and it's performance. Geno Portland, ME. sent 5:36 PM EST To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [BlindHandyMan] Quartz Infrared Heaters
I have one of these and will have to look up the information on where I got it from, but it does heat 1000 sqf. You must have it by an indoor wall not an outside wall and put it on carpet as on cement the cement will absorb and not let it heat properly so my instructions said. I used it a little last year and it did great. I have not used it enough to tell if this will help be cost effective or not. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edward Przybylek Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 1:29 PM To: BlindHandyManList Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Quartz Infrared Heaters Hi all, I've been looking at quartz infrared heaters to help supplement my home heating this winter. The paticular unit I've been looking at is called the EdenPure. Supposedly the larger unit will heat 1000 square feet. Has anyone had any experience with this type of heater and if so, what did/do you think of it? Thanks. Take care, Ed Przybylek To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[BlindHandyMan] blind friends with no power / electric
One of our list members maybe one of obver 350,000 folks in and around Buffalo without power after 22 plus inches of heavy wet snow. Are you prepared for an extensive power outage in your area ? Lee -- You will remember something that you should not have forgotten. To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Quartz Infrared Heaters
I find the hype on this device a little hard to read. The temperature of a room or any space is a function of how fast and far the molecules of air are moving. This takes a fixed amount of energy. The structure of the building, the furniture and other contents of the space all are made up of molecules which vibrate and the faster and further they move, the hotter things will be. Now electricity moves through a conductor more or less at the speed of light. When it meets resistance it gives off energy. Typically energy is released as sound, various forms of electromagnetic radiation such as light, heat, magnetism often used to perform movement. Heating with electricity is pretty efficient because the electricity can be converted directly into various forms of heat. The electromagnetic radiation can be pretty well at any point along the range from very long waves such as long wave radio, up through short wave, UHF, VHF, Microwaves, the spectrum of infrared into the light range and beyond ultraviolet through x-rays up through gamma and alpha radiation. Water absorbs radio frequency radiation pretty well but it takes some circuitry to produce that sort of energy. Short waves have been used for a very long time for therapeutic heat and in the operating room for cauterizing for example. Shorter radio waves in what is now known as the microwave range are used to efficiently heat water in foods as in cooking although that was not the original purpose, it was discovered in the '40s as a side effect of radar radiation, it was not until the invention of the magnetron tube by, I believe the British that it was possible to reliably produce radio frequency wave lengths in that range. We could heat ourselves fairly efficiently with microwaves if we were willing to sit in the directed beam of a device but the room around us would not warm and there are other risks. This brings us to the light radiation wave lengths. While we cannot see infrared light it is there. You can feel it coming off your stove top when the elements are on. Infrared radiation will pass through optically clear materials such as glass and air, well mostly it will. It doesn't generate heat very much until it is absorbed by another substance. Like light, it can be absorbed and it can be reflected. It is mostly the infrared we feel in the sun, why we can feel heat through a glass window while the window does not get warm. Some of you will be familiar with those radiant heaters which glow red and when the reflector concentrates the light at you, you get warm even if surrounding you is cool. For these to actually heat a room the infrared has to be absorbed by something then that heat transferred to the air by convection or conduction. Air, coming into contact with such a substance will become excited, the molecules will jump about more and it warms up. So, an infrared heater may warm you up or parts of your room up, eventually the entire room by shining on stuff and being absorbed causing the molecules of that stuff, be it you or a table to begin jumping about and causing air in contact with that stuff to get excited too. Inside a heater, the infrared bulbs radiate this low red light which is absorbed by some or other material which in turn gets hot and excites air in it's vicinity warming that air which will be moved or circulated either by convection or with a fan to warm more air and so on. Now here is the thing! You can heat oil inside of a panel directly with an element and as that panel heats up it will radiate some infrared and it will warm up air touching it through conduction which will then rise and heat air it contacts through convection. Either way, 1500 watts of electricity will convert into a fixed amount of heat, some methods will be a little more direct than others but the efficiency now is pretty well defined. You can put ten kilowatts into a brick and the brick will cool over some period of time but that isn't free energy as it cools, you put in a lot of energy to raise the temperature of that mass so it takes some time for that energy to defuse. The same ten kilowatts applied more slowly over a longer period of time will keep you as warm. Now there may be many reasons to purchase one particular type of electric heater but these days the efficiency will be about the same just because that is the limit of physics of it. It is the same reason why no one seems to be able to get more energy out of a gallon of gasoline than chemistry put there regardless of the stories of energy companies buying out the patents of people inventing super carburetors. A heat pump might be more efficient in many circumstances because it extracts heat from outside air even if that air is cooler than inside air and has the other advantage that it can be reversed for cooling in summer months but that requires a little more study. These are just a few thoughts to consider. I think we probably
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Quartz Infrared Heaters
Very well said Dale. I couldn't have said it better myself. The bottom line is, you can't get something for nothing. Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Dale Leavens [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 7:54 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Quartz Infrared Heaters I find the hype on this device a little hard to read. The temperature of a room or any space is a function of how fast and far the molecules of air are moving. This takes a fixed amount of energy. The structure of the building, the furniture and other contents of the space all are made up of molecules which vibrate and the faster and further they move, the hotter things will be. Now electricity moves through a conductor more or less at the speed of light. When it meets resistance it gives off energy. Typically energy is released as sound, various forms of electromagnetic radiation such as light, heat, magnetism often used to perform movement. Heating with electricity is pretty efficient because the electricity can be converted directly into various forms of heat. The electromagnetic radiation can be pretty well at any point along the range from very long waves such as long wave radio, up through short wave, UHF, VHF, Microwaves, the spectrum of infrared into the light range and beyond ultraviolet through x-rays up through gamma and alpha radiation. Water absorbs radio frequency radiation pretty well but it takes some circuitry to produce that sort of energy. Short waves have been used for a very long time for therapeutic heat and in the operating room for cauterizing for example. Shorter radio waves in what is now known as the microwave range are used to efficiently heat water in foods as in cooking although that was not the original purpose, it was discovered in the '40s as a side effect of radar radiation, it was not until the invention of the magnetron tube by, I believe the British that it was possible to reliably produce radio frequency wave lengths in that range. We could heat ourselves fairly efficiently with microwaves if we were willing to sit in the directed beam of a device but the room around us would not warm and there are other risks. This brings us to the light radiation wave lengths. While we cannot see infrared light it is there. You can feel it coming off your stove top when the elements are on. Infrared radiation will pass through optically clear materials such as glass and air, well mostly it will. It doesn't generate heat very much until it is absorbed by another substance. Like light, it can be absorbed and it can be reflected. It is mostly the infrared we feel in the sun, why we can feel heat through a glass window while the window does not get warm. Some of you will be familiar with those radiant heaters which glow red and when the reflector concentrates the light at you, you get warm even if surrounding you is cool. For these to actually heat a room the infrared has to be absorbed by something then that heat transferred to the air by convection or conduction. Air, coming into contact with such a substance will become excited, the molecules will jump about more and it warms up. So, an infrared heater may warm you up or parts of your room up, eventually the entire room by shining on stuff and being absorbed causing the molecules of that stuff, be it you or a table to begin jumping about and causing air in contact with that stuff to get excited too. Inside a heater, the infrared bulbs radiate this low red light which is absorbed by some or other material which in turn gets hot and excites air in it's vicinity warming that air which will be moved or circulated either by convection or with a fan to warm more air and so on. Now here is the thing! You can heat oil inside of a panel directly with an element and as that panel heats up it will radiate some infrared and it will warm up air touching it through conduction which will then rise and heat air it contacts through convection. Either way, 1500 watts of electricity will convert into a fixed amount of heat, some methods will be a little more direct than others but the efficiency now is pretty well defined. You can put ten kilowatts into a brick and the brick will cool over some period of time but that isn't free energy as it cools, you put in a lot of energy to raise the temperature of that mass so it takes some time for that energy to defuse. The same ten kilowatts applied more slowly over a longer period of time will keep you as warm. Now there may be many reasons to purchase one particular type of electric heater but these days the efficiency
