Electric Cove Heating

A few years ago, I began looking at electric heat for our basement rec room and spare bedroom. My options were pretty limited ( and ugly ) at the local home stores.

Luckily, the electric utility at one of our fixer-upper projects, Black Hills Power, sent a flyer in a monthly bill that presented me with a new option: Electric Cove Heat


Radiant Systems of Valentine, Nebraska offers a radiant heating system that mounts between the wall and the ceiling and operates off of a standard line-voltage thermostat.




The unit is simple to install, has no moving parts and warms the room evenly, safely out of the reach of small children. I now have two, 240 Volt units installed. I have a 47" in the bedroom and a 94" in the family room. Both units are run off the same circuit and draw only 7.5 Amps running together at the same time. We used to run a 1500W forced air space heater in the spare bedroom and I can say that the 600W Cove heater heats the room much more comfortably.

Plus they look great!

Sanctuary - My new favorite Sci Fi Show

If you are looking for new Sci Fi / Monster fodder, check out the new SciFi Channel show Sanctuary. It stars ( and is exec produced by ) Amanda Tapping of Stargate SG-1.

I almost buy her new accent acquired for the show. The supporting cast was pretty sketchy in the first episode, but is coming up to speed.

Watch the premier and follow up episodes now online.

A good general premise (save the monsters, save the world ), a shadowy nemesis organization revealed in episode 2 and lots of creepy but personable creatures.

Neanderthal man (the guy from the Geico commercial ?? ) stars as the butler. Look for other BSG and SciFi show crossovers cast in supporting roles.

Shot just about 100% on blue screen with good quality digital scenery.