cadillacman
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mine only has one vent in the basdement itself but its newer construction so it doesent get too bad, mabye 55-60*.. once the games are on for an hour or so its more comfortable ike 65-70
How cold was your basement/arcade yesterday?
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Tighe
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My house is only 5 years old, and when built I had the choice to either have the house insulated from the basement, or the basement insulated from outside. I chose the former so it gets cold. I just didn't want that foam insulation on my concrete walls. Some day I may finish the basement, but for now I will live with the cold.
I only have 3 air vents in the basement, so it's usually pretty cold down there. It was about 16 C (60 F) yesterday when I went down. I'm currently renovating and have one wall torn apart to re-do some of the insulation, among other things. Yesterday was the perfect day for that - in the places where it needed better insulation, there was actually frost formed on the vapor barrier inside the house.
I plan to put down Dri-Core and carpeting, and maybe a gas fireplace this summer, so that next winter it should be cozy warm down there.
I plan to put down Dri-Core and carpeting, and maybe a gas fireplace this summer, so that next winter it should be cozy warm down there.
My basement was about 78 degrees or so (hint: heat rises and there are no below ground basements in Houston) 
ken
ken
Not sure of the exact temp, but I can handle being out in the garage barefoot for about 5 minutes, then it hurts. I figure that is too cold to turn on the games. I have a propane heater to use out there, but I don't currently have anywhere to set it up. It is kinda sad really.
benkeezer
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That's what you get for living in the woods.
It was a balmy -13 here in the "city". And my car wouldn't start.About 76°F, but I'm pretty sure none of you in "Winter States" want to hear about it...
And, it's inside, so...
...throws the rotten tomatoes in Jawhn's direction...
I haven't been out in the arcade at all this year. I have a portable heater that you plug in but it doesn't really heat the place up that well.
ArcadeMaze
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Ha!
My basement has 3 vents for the whole thing and I keep two of them closed. The Family room and my office are typically about 60 degrees. In the family room, I also have a wood burning stove and when I have that cranked up it is usually around 80 degrees.
No soot or anything... worse case scenario, I have had the fire go out before it is hot enough to draw up and it has gotten very smokey... thankfully it has been a while.
ArcadeMaze!
super8man
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My attached garage is about 10-15F over the outside temp here in cold-winter/hot-summer Sacramento. So, that makes the games a bit cold to play when it's in the 30s outside.
At 40cents a kWh (my marginal electricity rate since I blow through the first steps), it's not cost effective to heat the garage with electric heat (I tried). The 4 games add to the heat as do a few shots of your favourite spirit. In the summer it can be really too hot to play if we don't get the delta breezes.
Still, I have nothing to complain about compared to guys in colder parts of the country.
And, by the way, didn't we all play arcade games on location while wearing a jacket??? Puffy jacket as I recall too.
At 40cents a kWh (my marginal electricity rate since I blow through the first steps), it's not cost effective to heat the garage with electric heat (I tried). The 4 games add to the heat as do a few shots of your favourite spirit. In the summer it can be really too hot to play if we don't get the delta breezes.
Still, I have nothing to complain about compared to guys in colder parts of the country.
And, by the way, didn't we all play arcade games on location while wearing a jacket??? Puffy jacket as I recall too.
My basement is probably the warmest place in the house in the winter. The furnace is down there, and though I have all the vents closed, there's still a lot of heat down there (turning all the games on warms it up a lot as well).
I keep my house thermostat at 67, which is what the main floor stays at... the basement is probably another few degrees warmer, and the upstairs is a few degrees colder (my bedroom is right above the garage and has tall ceilings and gets down to ~55 many mornings). It's currently 58 in here.
DogP
I keep my house thermostat at 67, which is what the main floor stays at... the basement is probably another few degrees warmer, and the upstairs is a few degrees colder (my bedroom is right above the garage and has tall ceilings and gets down to ~55 many mornings). It's currently 58 in here.
DogP
We have had some unusual 60º weather, so the Drewcade has been hovering around 45-55.
