I need to make a decent heater to heat my room upstairs. 7.83' (W) x 22.83' (L) x 6.875' (H), but the ceiling is slanted, so it's less.
I'm serious. I'm suffering up here. It's now 54° F, and it's cold. The Space heater(s) I've tried don't do jack. I'm fluent with Resistance wire like Kanthal A1 Resistance wire, etc. I was thinking of using mains electricity, and doing something like a wood frame, with stainless steel eye hooks or bolts.
My room upstairs is wired for 15 amps, 120vac.
If I did 1000 Watts, that's 120 (117.0vac), 8.54A, 13.7Ω
So I spent the last 2 hours making a piece of software that will calculate everything for me. It calculates the the length in Millimeters, Inches or Feet, for NiChrome 80, NiChrome 60, Kanthal A1, and even Copper Wire. But I wont be using Copper wire. duh.
Put a brand new lasko 20" box fan in the wood frame, behind the wires, or coils, and blow air threw the coils or wires to produce warm forced air into the room.
I think my heater will work best, and better than the crappy 1,500 watt space heater, that does JACK.
Can someone help me.. I would like to know if my configuration will work. I also know that I might have to use extension springs because the wire expands as it heats up. etc.
I'm serious. I'm suffering up here. It's now 54° F, and it's cold. The Space heater(s) I've tried don't do jack. I'm fluent with Resistance wire like Kanthal A1 Resistance wire, etc. I was thinking of using mains electricity, and doing something like a wood frame, with stainless steel eye hooks or bolts.
My room upstairs is wired for 15 amps, 120vac.
If I did 1000 Watts, that's 120 (117.0vac), 8.54A, 13.7Ω
So I spent the last 2 hours making a piece of software that will calculate everything for me. It calculates the the length in Millimeters, Inches or Feet, for NiChrome 80, NiChrome 60, Kanthal A1, and even Copper Wire. But I wont be using Copper wire. duh.
Put a brand new lasko 20" box fan in the wood frame, behind the wires, or coils, and blow air threw the coils or wires to produce warm forced air into the room.
I think my heater will work best, and better than the crappy 1,500 watt space heater, that does JACK.
Can someone help me.. I would like to know if my configuration will work. I also know that I might have to use extension springs because the wire expands as it heats up. etc.