Best heat to maintain 120 degrees..

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ritelec

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Okay, so the Mrs., my son, daughter in law, and grandson went to Disney..

She brought critters back home.. (jeez….. of course it wasn't from her road trip, could have come from anywhere…………………anyway)

Working on getting rid of them… exterminator came and did the rooms, will be back two more times……………


clothes, curtains etc.. hot hot water, hot dry..plastic bags………… (didn't our for fathers get rid of these decades ago??)

OTHER STUFF… shoes, hats, books, things… I've double bagged in large dark contractor bags the items and have been sitting them in the yard in the sun..

The idea is to get a steady 120 degrees for 90 minutes..

The area on top and sides of the bags get to 120+ degrees… but the backs get to about 90……….

I've been rotating the bags but don't trust it.

Was thinking about using a kerosine salamander an aiming it into my 12x20x9 shed, but thats alot of area to heat up for 15 large bags.. not to mention things in storage or chemicals I don't want to get to that temp. or burning my shop/shed down.

So was thinking of making a ply wood box… maybe 4x4x8 with a grate or something… I'll figure that out..
The heat source and regulating temp is questionable…

If I use the salamander and duct with diffuser or something I think it would be to hot and burn things..

Thinking of propane tank with the heaters that screw on top, but to engineer that I think would be a problem..

electric heat??

would slant fin get hot enough..

those cube kicks???

This link has a pic.. not they I want to drop 1300 into a plastic room, but to show you what heaters they use if that would help with suggestions..(will mention, thinking about getting out of the electric field, and becoming an exterminator, a guy and helper came… they were here 45 minutes to and hour tops.. $350…………… 3 visits…….= $1000… not bad… (true it's 3 trips out, they have insurance and truck… all that stuff but, but not a bad days work if you can get it)…………..(also, that was for 2 beds and a living room……… if they get into other areas it's more $$)(jeez)

http://www.bedbugsupply.com/zappbug-room-bed-bug-heater.html?gclid=CKmR6danhscCFdUTHwodi3wDwA..

http://www.usbedbugs.com/PackTite-C...919_a_7c4151&gclid=CJzE1OenhscCFVMXHwodHW8BjQ


Bad Mickey !!!

(or maybe not……….. could have gotten them anywhere………right??)
 
ritelec said:
The area on top and sides of the bags get to 120+ degrees… but the backs get to about 90……….
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If you haven't already, I would try putting the bag on top of a piece of styrofoam - you may be losing too much heat into the ground.
And probably make sure there is minimal air movement going across it (plywood or something to block any wind, but not put it in shadow)
 
Apparently 120 degrees is a magic number? Seems a little low but I don't know much about these critters.

Anyway how well insulated is the items in center of bag? May take a while for center of items you described to reach that kind of temperature as clothing and similar items are not that great of conductors of heat - which is why they keep us warm in winter - and can actually help keep you cool(er) in summer in some situations.
 
TommyO said:
If you haven't already, I would try putting the bag on top of a piece of styrofoam - you may be losing too much heat into the ground.
And probably make sure there is minimal air movement going across it (plywood or something to block any wind, but not put it in shadow)
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Good suggestion..

Felt black top and concrete that I had them on, felt hot, but I agree could have cooled it. Breeze.. was slight.. blocking may have helped.. sun in and out from clouds..

Actually was looking for the shinny tarp blankets they put on cars or in windshield..

Got 10 mirrors (like the type you hang on a door,) and sat them on the mirrors and also lined the mirrors up behind them to direct the sun, … no go, so decided to make a hot box……….

Yes kwired, trying to figure out a way to get to the core of the clothes.. most of the clothes are washed……probably all……. it's odds and ends, paper, books, stockings, shoes, hats,
"the luggage"… non washables..


hot box……….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvwqK2gn3S0
 
go on craigslist, pickup a free used clothers dryer, electric.

go on ebay and buy a $30 PID temperature controller and solid state relay,

Wire relay controlled by the pid controller.

Route the dryer outlet ducting back into the top inlet where the filter is

stick the pid controller temp sensor into this ducting, set temp for 130F or so - may hae to bypass some internal temp limit click tstats


Trow the stuff I the dryer, set for 150 F, let run for whatever time is needed.
 
junkhound said:
go on craigslist, pickup a free used clothers dryer, electric.

go on ebay and buy a $30 PID temperature controller and solid state relay,

Wire relay controlled by the pid controller.

Route the dryer outlet ducting back into the top inlet where the filter is

stick the pid controller temp sensor into this ducting, set temp for 130F or so - may hae to bypass some internal temp limit click tstats


Trow the stuff I the dryer, set for 150 F, let run for whatever time is needed.
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Interesting…………

thank you
 
If it's headlice, we just washed and dried as much as we could. Everything else went into large garbage bags that stayed sealed for at least 30+ days. Thankfully, it's been a few years since we've had to deal with this.
 
handy10 said:
I suggest that you put your belongings in your car, close the windows and let the car sit in the sun for an hour. The temperature could get to 130, I believe.
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Thanks……. was mentioned somewhere, and was thinking about that..

Got into the van today (and throughout this week) , was hot, but doubt anywhere near the 120 or 130.. thats why I was thinking, instead of hoping the sun would work, to make something..

looking closer at the "heater" to the links I sent..

Are they "just" a 1500 watt porcelain cube heater .. can't tell..

Is 1500 watts = to btu's needed?

here is the heater they use……..trying to research where they get it from….thinking it might be worth getting their smaller unit (or two) for the sake of just getting their heaters then install them into something larger..

??

their heater..

http://www.bedbugsupply.com/zappbug-heater-portable-bed-bug-heater.html

looks like a blower fan in back and fins in front..

the competition ..

http://www.bedbugsupply.com/New-Larger-PackTite-Closet-Bed-Bug-Killing-Heater_p_154.html

would any heater do?



working it out……..appreciate the feed back.. thank you,,
 
;)

I'd consider a tent out of pieces of those covers for concrete drying when there's weather!

Turn off all the power inside, have a temp panel outside and heat and bomb the house
as said, for a month!

Gads... :')
 
ritelec said:
Thanks……. was mentioned somewhere, and was thinking about that..

Got into the van today (and throughout this week) , was hot, but doubt anywhere near the 120 or 130.. thats why I was thinking, instead of hoping the sun would work, to make something..

looking closer at the "heater" to the links I sent..

Are they "just" a 1500 watt porcelain cube heater .. can't tell..

Is 1500 watts = to btu's needed?

here is the heater they use……..trying to research where they get it from….thinking it might be worth getting their smaller unit (or two) for the sake of just getting their heaters then install them into something larger..

??

their heater..

http://www.bedbugsupply.com/zappbug-heater-portable-bed-bug-heater.html

looks like a blower fan in back and fins in front..

the competition ..

http://www.bedbugsupply.com/New-Larger-PackTite-Closet-Bed-Bug-Killing-Heater_p_154.html

would any heater do?



working it out……..appreciate the feed back.. thank you,,
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1 watthour is about 3.412 Btu

Your 1500 watt heater running for one hour would put out about 5118 Btu. (unless it reaches a set point or thermal limit and cycles off during that time)
 
Just thinking out loud here.... but there's a common household appliance that might do the trick. It's called an oven... :blink:

Only thing I'm not sure of is the "warm" setting temperature.
 
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