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I, unfortunately, live in a small NYC apartment with limited space. The perfect wall for my computer desk/table has a huge oldschool steam radiator sitting right smack dab in the middle of the wall.

 

Does anyone know of any tricks/tutorials on how to direct heat from the radiator out into the room instead of up towards the table and all of my equipment?

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33 minutes ago, greaves1111 said:

I, unfortunately, live in a small NYC apartment with limited space. The perfect wall for my computer desk/table has a huge oldschool steam radiator sitting right smack dab in the middle of the wall.

 

Does anyone know of any tricks/tutorials on how to direct heat from the radiator out into the room instead of up towards the table and all of my equipment?

Move the radiator.

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14 minutes ago, Nuluvius said:

Move the radiator.

You know radiators are plumbed into piping and affixed to walls, right?

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22 minutes ago, Nuluvius said:

Move the radiator.

I guess I could if I used a sledgehammer, but my landlord would flip his shit lol. That's also the best way to lose your deposit

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35 minutes ago, ThinkWithPortals said:

You know radiators are plumbed into piping and affixed to walls, right?

Yes and you do realise that people regularly move them/have them moved right? It's not impossible or as difficult or expensive as you might imagine.

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2 minutes ago, Nuluvius said:

Yes and you do realise that people regularly move them/have them moved right? It's not impossible or as difficult or expensive as you might imagine.

I'm renting. Let's assume this isn't possible

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Just now, Nuluvius said:

Yes and you do realise that people regularly move them/have them moved right? It's not impossible or as difficult or expensive as you might imagine.

- Pisses off landlord/landlady, probably breaches any terms of tenancy agreement OP has signed.

- Requires multiple people to lift the thing, especially considering it is, according to OP, "a huge oldschool steam radiator". That thing is AT LEAST a 2-3 man job.

- Requires breaking wall open.

- Requires plumber to lay new piping.

- Risk of leaks.

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8 minutes ago, ThinkWithPortals said:

- Pisses off landlord/landlady, probably breaches any terms of tenancy agreement OP has signed.

One would obviously gain connect before proceeding.

8 minutes ago, ThinkWithPortals said:

- Requires multiple people to lift the thing, especially considering it is, according to OP, "a huge oldschool steam radiator". That thing is AT LEAST a 2-3 man job.

Highly unlikely given the statement:

1 hour ago, greaves1111 said:

I, unfortunately, live in a small NYC apartment with limited space.

And in any event a moot point.

8 minutes ago, ThinkWithPortals said:

- Requires breaking wall open.

Pipework is not usually routed inside walls.

8 minutes ago, ThinkWithPortals said:

- Requires plumber to lay new piping.

A triviality for a qualified plumber and quite cheap... It's a large component of what they do for a living.

8 minutes ago, ThinkWithPortals said:

- Risk of leaks.

That is why plumbers have public liability insurance.

 

Anything else? It seems as though you have never lived on your own before...

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um, this is getting a little off topic. If I tell you you're both right can we stop fighting? This isn't solving my problem.

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Nuluvius, the rad is not getting moved. Period.

8 minutes ago, Nuluvius said:

Pipework is not usually routed inside walls.

Yes it is. In my apartment the pipes go into the floor, actually.

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10 minutes ago, Urishima said:

Yes it is. In my apartment the pipes go into the floor, actually.

The floor not the wall you just said it... O.o

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You should just use a fan to blow the hot air wherever you want it to go. You could also insulate the table a little bit, cardboard taped to the underside would be worth trying.

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Just keep the air circulating around the room and you should be good to go. If you don't mind the draft, you could put a box fan in front of the radiator aimed into the room.

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On 2016-11-28 at 3:10 PM, greaves1111 said:

Does anyone know of any tricks/tutorials on how to direct heat from the radiator out into the room instead of up towards the table and all of my equipment?

Use a fan to blow air away from the radiator to wherever you want. Not sure how effective this will be, but it's worth a try.

You might also want to apply some thermal insulation material under your table. That will prevent your stuff from being cooked by the radiator.

Finally, just make sure you have decent cooling in your rig. Even with the radiator, it shouldn't be anywhere near enough to overheat any component in your build.

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6 hours ago, drqi said:

You should just use a fan to blow the hot air wherever you want it to go. You could also insulate the table a little bit, cardboard taped to the underside would be worth trying.

most radiators have an off valve. Just turn the thing off.

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11 hours ago, vorticalbox said:

most radiators have an off valve. Just turn the thing off.

thanks. I hadn't thought of turning off the radiator.....dot dot dot. More dot dot dot.

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