HVAC

Heating

The space has four independently-controlled furnaces. Please be aware that a significant fraction of your membership fees are spent on heating.

• Office area
  • Central heating (furnace located on roof? in closet? location of air filters?)
  • Thermostat located in hallway, between the kitchen door and chem lab door
    • Please keep the office area at 55 degrees when unoccupied.
    • Our customary office area temperature when occupied is 65 degrees.
    • To increase temperature, nudge the "up" arrow until happy. Stop.
    • When leaving, push the "run" button to return to the 55-degree setpoint.
• South shop area
  • Overhead furnace near main entrance
  • Thermostat on shop side of north kitchen wall
    • This furnace is NOT TURNED ON right now. Just ignore it.
• North shop area
  • Two overhead furnaces in the Fab Lab area
  • Each furnace has its own thermostat mounted on the nearest shop wall. (One is behind the sandblaster.)
    • The following guidlines apply to both north shop furnace thermostats.
    • Please keep the shop area at 45 degrees when unoccupied.
    • Our customary shop temperature when occupied is 60 degrees.
    • Please do not push the buttons covered with green tape.
    • If you feel that you absolutely must push the buttons covered with green tape, please refer to the next bullet point.
    • Contact Eric Merrill for information on how to become a fully-fledged member of the thermostat committee.
    • To warm the shop for a few hours, push the uncovered buttons to raise the temperature setpoint.
    • After some period of time, the thermostat will revert to 45 degrees. When this happens, the temperature setpoint can be manually raised again.
    • If you are the last person leaving the shop, please push the run button to immediately revert to 45 degrees.

Ventilation

The shop area has many types of ventilation equipment.

• Shop roof exhaust fans (blocked off in winter)
• Metal shop wall exhaust fans (currently do not work)
• Shop ceiling fans
  • Controlled by dimmer switch next to front door
  • Recommend half-speed operation in wintertime when space is occupied
• Specialized exhaust systems
  • Welding area
  • Laser cutter
  • Dust collector (under construction)

Air Conditioning

The office area is air conditioned. Please be aware that a significant fraction of your membership fees are spent on air conditioning.

• Office Area
  • Central air conditioning (location of air filters?)
  • Thermostat somewhere in the office area
    • Our customary office area temperature when occupied is ?? degrees.
    • Please turn off the air conditioning when the office area is unoccupied.
    • How to work this thermostat?