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Garage heaters again!
OK I actually searched OT for the garage heaters discussions. I have a few questions and I am hoping someone else has the simple answer.
I am leaning towards an electric ceiling mounted heater. I have 220V - 40 amp service right where I want to put the heater. My garage is insulated and it is attached to the house. It it rare for us to get below 20 F degrees. Here is one unit I am thinking about. Any ideas or suggestions? CUH05B31T Dimplex Electric Garage Utility Heater With Adjustable Thermostat
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12-02-2009, 10:44 AM
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Meh. 100,000BTU space heater. We run ours on about a 5:1 diesel gas mixture.
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12-02-2009, 10:59 AM
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How big is your garage? It takes 48,000 BTU from my Modien 60 series to heat my 3 car garage. It's also heavily insulated, right down to the doors. That heater I don't think would even keep the chill of my space.
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12-02-2009, 11:03 AM
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12-02-2009, 11:42 AM
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My garage is part of the house. It is insulated, and even the doors are insulated. Even without added heat it never gets below 40 degrees in the garage during long (for us) ice or snow storms. All I want is enough heat to get one side up to 60 or so.
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12-02-2009, 12:00 PM
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It's not quit as cold in Texas as Oklahoma, but a couple of those oil filled radiator type electric heaters keep my garage bearable in the winter.
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12-02-2009, 12:05 PM
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I got a heater like that included when I bought my house. It was in an uninsulated out building. The previous owner told me to "never run that thing" he said you could watch the electric meter spin when you turned it on. Probably not an issue if you are just taking the chill off.
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12-02-2009, 01:13 PM
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I have two in my shop that basically are used to keep it above freezing (and a waste oil furnace to provide working heat). I would NOT advise using it to heat a shop to work in. The fans are relatively anemic and you'd need to fire it up 2-4 hours before working in there if you wanted it warm... ...and they do suck the electricity. I'd seriously invest in natural gas if I were you. That said if you wanted to use it to keep an insulated garage at like 50 degrees and you don't open the door much (if at all) it's doable. ...but don't expect much out of it. They just don't push the heat like a fuel-heater does.
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12-02-2009, 01:22 PM
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Glen the other option is to bust up the floor and put heat in the concrete.
 That works really well....
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12-02-2009, 01:23 PM
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Do you have natural gas? If so use it- an electric heater will cost you a fortune and leave you cold. After a lot of research (and an electric heater in my old house) I went for the Big Maxx from Northern Tools. Getting a big propane tank will still be better than electric.
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12-02-2009, 01:37 PM
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I have a 50,000 btu Modine Hot Dawg in my 3 car garage as well. Mine is very insulated like Scott's, but because our bedroom is above it, we keep the garage warm during the winter. I have a digital Honeywell thermostat that I have programmed to lower it during the days, and raise it at nights, etc.
If I want to work in there, it is usually comfortable, if need be, I turn up the thermostat a bit, and it warms up in minutes. It was pretty easy to install, and vent. You have a number of options for venting. Definitely one of my best investments in the garage. Bill |
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12-02-2009, 02:23 PM
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Not the best picture, because I was moving stuff around to install the lift, but the heater is up in the corner.
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12-02-2009, 02:25 PM
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FWIW, I keep my 20' x 25' workshop (which has one exterior insulated wall with the other 3consisting of non-insulated garage doors and wall sections that have their other sides exposed to other rooms of my hangar that are kept at 40 degrees most of the winter) at 65-70 degrees all winter long. This room has it's own wall mounted propane gas heater that is rated at 20,000 BTU's. It does have a vent plumbed to the outside of the wall. It does fine even during cold spells here in northwest Ohio. It would take a while to bring it up to temp if I did not keep the thermostat up to at least 50 or so. I think it would do fine in a slightly larger well insulated garage.... especially if you keep the thermostat set at 50 when you are not working out there.
I have propane fired ceiling mount tube heaters in the other larger rooms and they do a better job of bringing a cold room up to temp quickly. I leave them set at 40 to keep the water lines from freezing, but if I need to work on an airplane, they will bring the temp up in an hour or so.
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No need for a heater yet. Here, mine is about 60 at night and around 70ish during the day. If I want it cooler I open the windows, and door. If I want it warmer I close them. =]
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Also my best investment so far, even over my 90 gallon compressor.
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 I have 2 integral 2 car garages. One I heated with a propane space heater until I built the second one with infloor heating. No comparison. I know it is not realistic to go this route, but if you have the chance in the future, it works great. |
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