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Posted by John F. on August 21, 2006, 11:25 am
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>> In one room of our house I have an old style hotwater baseboard heater
>> that is encased in a heavy gauge metal cabinet that measures 6 feet wide,
>> 30 inches high, and 6 inches deep. There are slotted cuts in the face of
>> the cabinet near the top to let the heated air out. There is about a 4"
>> gap under the cabinet to let cold air in at floor level in the front of
>> the cabinet. The cabinet covers a finned baseboard element about 6
>> inches deep 2 inches thick and 4 inches above the floor. I want to
>> build a new cabinet that is the 6 foot width but only about 1 foot high.
>> Would I be losing a tremendous amount of heating capacity. Thanks for
>> any input.
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> You won't lose any capacity as long as you have the same amount of
> openings both top and bottom, as you have now.
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Like this answer a lot. Thanks for the info. Any idea what the rationale
for such large cabinets was at the time these were designed? John
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