rparigoris
Joined: 24 Nov 2009
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 Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2024 12:33 pm Post subject: Temperature controlled workspace for little to free! |
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Hi Group
A bit off topic, but lets call it an pleasant aircraft electronic / electrical working environment.
I have been renting a T Hangar at KISP since 2000. The new owner is raising the rent more than double. I'm moving out.
We built for our Tin T-Hangar a tent. I sewed up using the same plastic as is used for the rear windows of a convertible automobile.
To start with there is a 10' x 20' ceiling suspended 8' off the ground. All 4 sides have Velcro sewed onto them. This lives there. You can make the tent 10 x 10 or 10 x 20. I sewed Velcro so you can move the front door to the 10 or 20' configuration. To take down walls and doors only takes a few minutes. Putting back up takes a half hour.
It works great. We have plenty of lights in the hanger and the light passes through the ceiling, but we supplement with a few lights inside.
Two 1500-watt heaters can maintain room temp down to ~ 45 degrees hanger temp.
Let there be heat! I took a 100,000 BTU Kerosene heater that has a Becket Oil Burner head and converted to run perfect on Kerosene. We have a 2,000cfm squirrel cage blower with an electrostatic filter that sucks fresh air from outside. There is a 12" flu pipe coming off the heater going up at an angle. Then I take the output of the fresh air and send it through a 3" aluminium corrugated spiraled hose inside the flu! Instant heat exchanger. Can recover about 30,000BTUs and the rest goes into the hanger that takes the edge off. We can work comfortably down to 0F! Also in the summer, just running the blower at least brings down tent temp to outside temp that is lower than tin hanger temp. There are provisions for a small AC that someone took already.
It also comes with a 55-gallon plastic Kerosene tank with rotary pump and it's about 3/4 full. It also comes with a pile of blue kerosene cans. The floor is 3/4" regurgitated rubber used for mounting Solar panels on the roof. They are approx. 1' x 4' and we hold them together with the roof ribs for home flat plates with bent sharp protuberances. Lay on floor and hammer the rubber down. Has worked great since 2000.
Thus far you can move anything in a van or pickup. The largest part is the 55-gallon drum. Except for the 10 x 20 conduit welded roof. It comes apart somewhat but itf it didn't get small enough for you, cut with saw and just buy some of the conduit joiners.
In addition, we have a composite refrigerator. It has 2 Johnson controller thermostats. If the interior temp gets above 70F the refrigerator comes on. It it gets below 66F the electric heaters come on. Works perfect.
Cost is Free, or if you feel guilty some mere pittance.
It would break my heart to toss it and sell the heater and Kerosene.
Here's a link to what it looks like:
http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/Begin-06-2003/album213/
A Europa XS Mono fits in tent without wings just fine. The walls are soft and can be pushed outward several feet easily for passage or when you are too lazy to move aircraft and get on the wall side of things to work on.
Ron P.
Cell (631) 839-3636
Location is Islip Airport on Long Island KISP
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