Well, i got sick of using my Kerosene tube heater and I couldn't justify the cost of running natural gas (first house, just starting out) so I whipped myself up this 10,000watt electric heater.

Basically this is 2 240v 4800w Dimplex portable construction heaters in a sleeve with a 230v 700cfm centrifugal fan in the back. I have it wired up with a switch, thermostat and a 40a contactor. Its a bit pricy to run, but it will be fine for what i need it for! I have #8 wire running to my 50a tig welder plug for now.

Thing works great, and for only spending $160CAD on everything it was a good deal too!

Calculates out to 32,765 BTU!

http://www.telusplanet.net/public/legend88/heater/

 

Curse you and your insulated garage!
Looks good, I'm still getting head aches w/my kerosene torpedo heater

 

i love feelin light headed from the kerosene....all my friends love it to because we can party in my garage and make a huge mess...and not worry about anything!

 

man, times like these, I'm thankful I have my overhead heater powered by natural gas

 

that dum heat raises cold falls
so heat for the ceiling is dum

 

how much does that cost you to run?

 

most of the time heaters are in the ceiling like that and point down it's pretty normal.

I ******* want one of those. My garage is cold as **** and I dont have a shop anymore

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by linkmustang &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">that dum heat raises cold falls
so heat for the ceiling is dum</TD></TR></TABLE>
people that can't even speak/ type proper english are dumb

and yeah that looks like a toasty set up!


Modified by Leeroy at 3:34 PM 10/30/2005

 

don't knock it until you've stood in my garage in the middle of a subzero MN winter. Mine is thermostat controlled up to 90 degrees and down to 30 degrees. I run it on average of 2-3 times a week and have it set for 55ish degrees usually. I barely notice it on the energy bills

 

I just drive the hell out of my street car and park it inside. Then open the hood.. It really makes a substancial difference!

 

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that aint no ****. after i get done driving my boosted hatch and park it in the garage, if i open the hood it will heat my whole garage up.