NoahsMyBro
01-01-2010, 01:10 PM
A few years ago I erected wire shelving in my basement game room to store and display my collection. (I've never managed to get things neat enough to be photographed, so don't look for my Room of Doom - it isn't there.)
Running for about 8 feet along the floor of one wall is an electric baseboard heater, with one of the shelves about a foot above the heater.
I haven't used the heater since erecting the shelves, because I worry the heat will harm the games, consoles, boxes, etc...
Do any of you know what I could place between the games on the shelf and the heater to deflect the heat away from the shelf, or somehow protect what is on the shelf? A neighbor suggested I use wood. He thinks a simple plywood board on the shelf, under the games, would be sufficient. I had thought of maybe rigging up some sort of foil at an angle under the shelf, to radiate the heat away from the shelf and toward the center of the room.
It's also highly possible I'm worrying for no good reason and could just leave things alone, and use the heater with no harm.
Running for about 8 feet along the floor of one wall is an electric baseboard heater, with one of the shelves about a foot above the heater.
I haven't used the heater since erecting the shelves, because I worry the heat will harm the games, consoles, boxes, etc...
Do any of you know what I could place between the games on the shelf and the heater to deflect the heat away from the shelf, or somehow protect what is on the shelf? A neighbor suggested I use wood. He thinks a simple plywood board on the shelf, under the games, would be sufficient. I had thought of maybe rigging up some sort of foil at an angle under the shelf, to radiate the heat away from the shelf and toward the center of the room.
It's also highly possible I'm worrying for no good reason and could just leave things alone, and use the heater with no harm.