A curiosity posted in the whatisthisthing subreddit by someone who saw it while visiting an open house. Informed discussion thread at the link indicates that this is in fact a "radiator thing" (properly termed "hydronic heater") in a "fin tube" style, and similar in intended function to a baseboard heater.
I agree with this comment that it looks like an amateur hack:
That's not going to do much to heat the space because a slant fin radiator is meant to move air by convection. The normal installation is down low near the floor, not up high. Also usually below a window. They work by heating the cool air that's coming off the window and falling down on them.
And I find it curious that traversing the same room is what appears to be a hot water pipe wrapped to prevent heat escaping into the basement.
I'm appalled at the unsecured wiring.
ReplyDeleteMaybe it's being used to throw a touch of heat to the floor above or there's a fan in use aid in transference. Ugly; yes. Efficient; not particularly. Good enough; possibly.
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