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Eden Pure Quartz heater for my garage

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Brosky

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All of this car talk and being stuck inside is driving me crazy. I really want to do some work aside from on my workbench inside, either on my dash or swapping the alternator, but it's just freezing in my garage.

Has anyone ever tried one of these?

https://www.edenpurestore.com/

I have a single stall, small garage. I don't have a major power line out there, but probably could get one if necessary.

What I have should safely run this and the lights, etc.

Any thoughts? Besides moving to PR next to Dale?
 
I use a couple of 1500 watt heaters in my garage and they do a nice job. They are just the cheap $40 hardware store heaters but they are rated at 1500 watts like the one you mentioned. It's about 15 F outside tonight and I put on an extra sweatshirt but it wasn't bad. I was putting the TR6 heater back together - seemed appropriate.

Bryan
 
If I may, IMO for a garage, especially a small one, I would go for a wall mounted unit for a few reasons:

1. Floor space is usually at a premium
2. Safety: you don't accidentally trip over or throw stuff on a wall unit

If you can, get one that's 220v, they actually use less electricity than an equivalent unit that uses 110v. Of course you would have to run a 220 line from the main house... but at the same time you could run two 220v lines and set yourself up with a welder!!! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/devilgrin.gif

Just a thought.
 
I use this WW Grainger unit "Heater, Space, 240/208 V 5600/4200 W, 19110/14335 Btuh, 23.3/20.2 A, Thermal Safety Switch, 6 Foot Cord, NEMA 6-30P Plug" DAYTON 3VU36 $135.95

It heats up my insulated 2 car garage nicely.
 
My wife and I are to the point that we have one modern car and several LBC's that we/I drive often. We presume not to have to work on the cars in the winter.

As luck would have it the Tahoe, our modern car trusted more that 30 miles from the house, developed a major brake issue.

As we have often done in the Ohio winters, we use a 23,000 BYU kerosene heater. It cost less than $100 and will heat a two car garage in sub zero temps to 70 degrees, like last night. Fuel is about $.50 an hour.

if you think the use of the garage would be seldom than this is a good method.

Frankly, 1500 watts = 5100 BTU's, would do little in a two car garage. That is about enough for 100 square feet.

You would need about 4000 watts I think. The good news is this is the amount of power you need in a garage for a compressor and welder not used all at once with the heat. Thats food for thought while you are at it.

Larry
 
I tried kerosene, did the job but smelled up the shop pretty bad. I didn't like the open flame. Now I have a 28' X 32' shop with an 11 foot ceiling and use a ceiling mounted Trane natural gas heater. I still have to augment that heater with a small electric because my desk and computer is on an outside wall. Lot of insulation helps a bunch.
I had a two bay shop when I was living in Houston and I installed a wall mounted thermostatically controlled gas heater. Got it free from a friend, price was right. Worked great.
For your application I would look at electrics. They have no open flame and are small enough to be out of the way. If you are well insulated then you should be in pretty good shape.

Good luck, Tinkerman
 
startech47 said:
I use this WW Grainger unit "Heater, Space, 240/208 V 5600/4200 W, 19110/14335 Btuh, 23.3/20.2 A, Thermal Safety Switch, 6 Foot Cord, NEMA 6-30P Plug" DAYTON 3VU36 $135.95

It heats up my insulated 2 car garage nicely.
Click to expand...

I've got the exact same unit. Yesterday was in the low 20's, and it heated my 14'x22' uninsulated garage enough to work in just a flannel shirt. ...oh, and a pair of jeans. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif

Edit: BTW, it costs me $0.80/hour to operate at $0.18 a kilowatt/hour. That's when it's running full time. Once the garage gets to temp, it will cycle about 50% on and off.
 
I installed two wall/ceiling mounted electric infa-red units in the Taj Garage:

https://www.grainger.com/Grainger/items/3WA99

These also come in 1500W/120V versions.

The nice thing about infa-red is that you feel the heat within 5-10 min. of switching them on if you are in range (i.e. line of sight) and don't need to wait for the whole room to heat up. Definately an advantage if your garage is uninsulated.

Now you do need a lot of electricity (12A on a 120V circuit for a 1500W unit) to run these so a dedicated circuit is recommended. Alternatively there are propane infa-red heaters available that just screw into the top of a standard propane cylinder. No wiring required, and cheaper per BTU to run.

Happiness is a warm garage!

Rob.
 
Looks like it's time to call the electrician.

Thanks for all of the great information.
 
Paul,

Got my electric garage heater from Major Electric in downtown Pawtucket. Approx. 15,000 btus...you'll need a 220volt line for it...heats garage up in about 5/10 minutes. Probably similar to the one at Grainger.

I'll see if I can get you the part number and a piccy.
 
Paul, I recently had an electrician install a 240/20amp line in my garage. Cost me about $125.00 total. The heater is next, probably get the Grainger unit.
 
I have one triple, and one double burner tank-top heaters in my garage. They are both bolted to two 40 pound LP tanks. The other day the actual high temperature here in Ames, IA got up to a balmy 4 degrees F. I heated my large (approx. 600 sq. ft.) three car garage up to 55 degrees in about 20 minutes. Actually had to turn the heaters to low because it was getting a little warm. Check out their web site at: https://www.mrheater.com/productdetails.asp?catid=42

I'm thinking about purchasing their ceiling mounted unit soon. Here is the link for that.
https://www.mrheater.com/productdetails_extended.asp?catid=50&id=180

Lastly, I am not an employee or paid shill for this company. I just like their products.
 
I bought a "Hot Dawg" heater from QC Supply in Nebraska, and installed it in my 400 sq. ft. insulated stand-alone garage. It takes natural or propane gas with a conversion
kit and can be vented through the side wall since it is
power vented. I used a 30,000 btu unit and can set whatever temp I want. I usually have 55 degrees when not working, and 60-65 when there. The radiant heaters Dan Adams mention work fine, but I wanted to avoid the refilling issue with the tanks. (I'm not lazy, just motivationally challenged)
-Dennis
20 miles south of Ames, Iowa, where it is 5 degrees!
 
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