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Default Who Was It That Recently Asked About A Hot Water Heater -- I'mIn Hot Water!

On 3/15/2013 1:06 PM, sf wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:45:07 -1000, dsi1
> > wrote:
>
>> On 3/15/2013 12:26 PM, sf wrote:
>>> On Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:05:04 -0000, "Ophelia"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "dsi1" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I live in the tropics and the homes here don't have any provisions for
>>>>> heating so I'm pretty ignorant on the subject. I would like to see one of
>>>>> those old fashioned heater. That would be cool. I've only seen them in
>>>>> movies with Humphrey Bogart or the 3 Stooges. :-)
>>>>
>>>> Which kind of heaters to you mean?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>> If it's movies of the '30s, '40s, he's probably talking about
>>> radiators.
>>> http://img.ehowcdn.com/article-new/d...8460983_XS.jpg
>>>

>>
>> That would be the one. According to the movies, you're supposed to hit
>> them with a big wrench in order to get them to work.

>
> I guess something is clogged, so they have to hit it. The old models
> have been modernized now with a way to control how much heat it gives
> off. Before they figured that out, people had to open up windows in
> the dead of winter when it got too hot inside because there was no
> other way to regulate it.
>

When I was on the mainland, the heaters we had went alongside the
baseboards. They seemed to work OK but were probably not very efficient.
Sort of like having a row of toasters next to your walls.