Help me generate heat

The heating has packed up, and despite everyone in the house having to wear coats because its freezing, my dad refuses to do anything about it because he’s lazy and doesn’t feel the cold.
At the moment ive got a couple of monitors running, all my PC’s going at full load, The 360 on, original Xbox and any other electronic device that I have. Unfortunatly it seems that printing a few hundred sheets of text doesn’t generate much heat from my Printer.

Im currently considering trying to start a small, controlled fire in the corner with all the cardboard I have from the deliveries ive had from Scan. I see a minor flaw with it burning right through the carpet and into the living room however.

I have some gloves somewhere which im about to go in search of, as I can hardly type.


To summarise:

What does help heat my room

+Computers and related parts
+Monitors
+Consoles

What doesn’t help

-Speakers (just angers people in the household more)
-Printers
-Lights (at least not the ones in my room)
-Fire wood that’s not on fire
-Dwarf rabbits

As you can see, I have more negative points that positive ones.
Im in desperate need for suggestions.

Many thanks.

Controlled thermonuclear explosions? Star jumps? Wearing lots of layers?

call me old fashioned ... I normally turn an electric heater on.

Whatever you do, lighter fluid and your own body hair is not the answer...although pictures posted online displaying the after effects may generate sufficient donations to purchase an electric heater....

Or you could tell your dad what you're doing to his electricity bill, and he'll probably beat the cr@p out of you, at which point being cold will be the least of your worries...;)

Make sure you close the windows including trickle vents if you have them. Pull the curtains shut. Then draft proof your door. Just hang a big sheet over the arcies at the top and put something heavy at the bottom. Soon as you stem the airflow it's gunna start to heat up with a few monitors.

If you want you can always take the top 8" of soil off the top of your garden. Then roll out some 20mm alkyethene pipe about 1/4mile in a coil over the surface of garden then cover again with soil. Connect both ends to a radiator with a pump somewhere along the line and fill with anti freeze. Voila your own free (minus materials) heating system :)

a lycra spiderman suit should do the trick. :D

Got hot water? Fill buckets of it and hoarde them

get the g/f round ;)

Looks like you need to budget for an electric heater!

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Originally Posted by Howard

Got hot water? Fill buckets of it and hoarde them

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haha, I can just imagine that;
'So, so cold'...... 'AHHHHHHHH it burns, IT BURNS!'
Would have to be kettle water though, no central heating!

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get the g/f round

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And get her to do star jumps.

i recon we hold a whip round for a heater :mrgreen:

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Originally Posted by manwithnoname

call me old fashioned ... I normally turn an electric heater on.

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Dont have one :(

Well atleast i have solved the cold hands issue - Grabbed the Harddisks out of the machine, put them on the desk: Instant hand warmers ! :)

CPU burn in, on all ur computers.
http://users.bigpond.net.au/cpuburn/

32 1U rackmounts with passive cooling and overclocked Prescotts?

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Originally Posted by TheAnimus

CPU burn in, on all ur computers.
http://users.bigpond.net.au/cpuburn/

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Prime is already doing the job :)

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Originally Posted by nichomach

32 1U rackmounts with passive cooling and overclocked Prescotts?

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I said i wanted to be warm. Not die.
1 Prescott would be plenty !!

get a large lcd. my samsung pumps out loads of heat

and to be obvious, close the windows/curtains/doors.

tbh, the heating has never, ever worked in our flat. ever. lived here 2.5 years now, gets a bit nippy in the winter, but not too bad, and theres no heating bill to get thru :)

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Originally Posted by 5lab

get a large lcd. my samsung pumps out loads of heat

and to be obvious, close the windows/curtains/doors.

tbh, the heating has never, ever worked in our flat. ever. lived here 2.5 years now, gets a bit nippy in the winter, but not too bad, and theres no heating bill to get thru :)

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Using my Dell 24" now, but its hardly pushing any heat out.

I have whats referred to by friends and family as "the voodoo room".
In the winter its freezing, and in the summer the heat gets unbearable (although the computers probably contribute to that a lot).

I havnt quite figured this one out, but as our shower is electricity heated, so im trying to hatch a plan involving it and the radiator.

You're gonna get owned by your leccy bill :D

You should create an "agent-cave" incorporating your duvet, your monitor and as many pieces of heat producing hardware as possible, then sit back and enjoy the warmth.

Team up with the rest of your family and gaffertape your dad to the wall and poke him repeatedly with a big stick until he agrees to your requests.

Steal the toaster! Stealing bread is optional, but with some cheese and Tabasco might help :)

Maybe have a nice hot bath!? Asuming you have hot water?

Have to say, my logitech subwoofer makes a nice amount of heat. Works well as a foot warmer when its working hard

Just spend all your time down the pub, sorted :thumbsup:

Drink a load of booze until you can't feel the cold. Or move down south, it's relatively nippy here ATM but still 65F in my kitchen- I turned the heating off for the summer last week:).

PVC, i can catagorically say that a PVC catsuit will keep you extremely warm. Especially if you go running in it *nods*

but please dont post photos.

Ade... smear yourself with the juice of 10,000 chillies.

If that doesn't make you warm you could always bathe in wintergreen ;)

What boiler is it? Asking as a former customer services rep for a boiler company, who might at the very least know what's wrong with it, and maybe, just maybe, an easy fix.

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but please dont post photos.

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:stop:

It's too early in the day to start projecting mental images of Agent playing UT2K4 in his special instagib PVC outfit.

Electric blankets are fairly inexpensive.

Find a wa to humidify your room. Howard's buckets of hot water idea is pretty good.

Hot water bottle ftw, i love mine, always cuddles up with it even when i'm not cold :D

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Originally Posted by Clunk

a lycra spiderman suit should do the trick. :D

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nahh.....Tron FTW

http://www.eastcoastbob.com/tron.jpg

:)

It's Clingy!!! :lol:

CAPTION COMPETITON!!!11!one (again)

turn the oven on and keep the door open, they generate tonnes of heat:)

A fridge in your room would kick out some heat.

candles? millions and millions of candles

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Originally Posted by Tumble

It's Clingy!!! :lol:

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:lol:

if my room gets cold :P i go outside for 10 minutes get freezin cold and then go back :P pretty warm after that lol ^ ^

Live in the east? Havn't had the heating on for days :)

Join Labour.. lots of hot air there!