thegalleons
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Hi I'm just finishing off my studio. It's a smallish 4m x 3m wooden structure in my garden. It's a wooden frame with two layers of 18mm ply, 40mm Celotex, 50mm RW4 Rockwool and two layers of soundbloc plasterboard hanging on resbar. The window is made up of two triple glazed units one in front of the other so it's reasonably well insulated. With a British winter approaching however I'm aware that it would be good to have some kind of thermostatic heater that kicks in when it looks like the temperature may reach gear damaging lows. I'm thinking whatever I choose will need to hit the following criteria:
Not take up too much space and be movable/removable
Be safe to leave unattended overnight or whilst away for a few days on a timer switch or thermostat
Not cause rapid dramatic variations in temperature that could damage gear
Be reasonably cheap to buy and run
Be silent
At present I'm thinking a small oil filled heater with a thermostat but not sure how safe or economical these are. Also I'm wondering what kind of effect being in a cold environment might have on gear as I'm not an expert. I'm imagining speakers and mic diaphragms would be sensitive to temperature change but how about electronics? I'm on the south coast of England so it's not like the arctic but can get quite cold and certainly below freezing.
Any thoughts, ideas or experiences very welcome.
Thanks
Ben
Not take up too much space and be movable/removable
Be safe to leave unattended overnight or whilst away for a few days on a timer switch or thermostat
Not cause rapid dramatic variations in temperature that could damage gear
Be reasonably cheap to buy and run
Be silent
At present I'm thinking a small oil filled heater with a thermostat but not sure how safe or economical these are. Also I'm wondering what kind of effect being in a cold environment might have on gear as I'm not an expert. I'm imagining speakers and mic diaphragms would be sensitive to temperature change but how about electronics? I'm on the south coast of England so it's not like the arctic but can get quite cold and certainly below freezing.
Any thoughts, ideas or experiences very welcome.
Thanks
Ben