"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:36:58 -0000, "Ophelia"
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>>>> Which kind of heaters to you mean?
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>>> If it's movies of the '30s, '40s, he's probably talking about
>>> radiators.
>>> http://img.ehowcdn.com/article-new/d...8460983_XS.jpg
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>>Hmm we call that a radiator. We see them like that in old buildings.
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> I rather like the old cast iron radiators. About the 1950's they were
> starting to be phased out in favor of the newer baseboard heating
> systems that were usually a copper tube with aluminum fins behind a
> metal enclosure. There are cast iron baseboard units too and they are
> often used in remodels where there will be a mix of baseboard and old
> cast iron radiators.
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> The big hunks of cast iron had great thermal mass. They could keep
> the temperature even for a long time, but they were slow to respond
> when you did want to make a change.

Ours are long slim things which fit by the walls. There are some very
fancy rads for sale these days

http://www.featureradiators.co.uk/?g...FYfJtAodAXUASw

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