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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
http://www.eheat.com/

Saw this in my Wood Magazine….just throwing it out here as this time of year many are looking for shop heating options.

Amercian made is always good in my book.

I have no affiliation with the product or website.
 
#4 · (Edited by Moderator)
It looks very interesting…

I guess 475w isn't very much of power demand either.
The PRICE is certainly attractive!

My problem, if you want to call it that, is hanging it on a wall…
... wall space is hard to find in the Shop without getting somewhat HIGH…
... Heat goes UP… High on wall… not so hot down in the room?

Perhaps, one could make a Stand whereby the wall would be disguised by a vertical panel (piece of plywood in groove in base)... allowing it to be "Portable" and placed on the floor where it could be moved around…??
Sounds like it would work to me… What do y'all think?

It's about 50 F out there right now… a tad cool… LOL

... and I haven't lined my garage door yet… LOL

Thank you.
 
#8 ·
a friend uses one as supplemental heating in an enclosed loft within a condo that presently serves as a nursery. he reports that it works very well as a supplement.
 
#9 ·
Seems a bit overpriced for a low wattage heater, IMO.

This looks more practical (and cheaper) for shop heating if you want a wall mounted electric heater -

 
#11 ·
Richard, I had two of those heaters…they were okay, if I was standing right next to them, but 10 feet away I could not feel any heat benefit. I ended up heating the shop with a propane tank heater and an oiled filled radiator type heater. I was living in Illinois then.
 
#12 ·
This would probably be sufficient if you live in a area that sees a relatively mild winter climate. Personally I live in NW Indiana and my shop is my garage. The issue being that most people's garages have a concrete slab for a floor and if that floor gets cold these types of heaters would either never raise the floors temp or play hell in doing so which in turn is going to equate to a major heat lose.

They would be fine as a supplemental heater along with perhaps a wood burner. I work in the HVAC field and for my money you simply cannot beat a forced air unit heater like the Modine. They are more pricey but they work extremely well and with a little maintenance they will last for a very long time.
 
#13 ·
MarkwithaK-+1 on your comments. I live northeast of Green Bay (you know … frozen tundra and all). I had electric heat in my last shop, and the electric company liked me a lot … it was expensive to run. By contrast, the gas forced air unit I have in the new shop takes about 20 minutes to raise the air temp 20 degrees.

-Gerry
 
#14 ·
Yes, here in Texas I can work in the shop, almost 360 days a year. We only-have @ 5-7 or so really cold days where I will not go in the shop.

In the summer, I do have to wear something on my head to keep the sweat from dripping off my forehead onto my table saw though… HAHA
 
#15 ·
I use a Modine Hot Dawg gas heater also. Like Gerry's place, it gets pretty cold here too. I have the HD45. My shop is about 450 sq ft. I have had it for more than 10 years now and it works great. It takes just a few minutes to bring up the temp 10 or 15 degrees. I normally hold the temp at 50 but raise it to 60 or so when I am working in there. It can easily reach 75 or 80 without any problems. The shop is all insulated and it stays quite warm. Normally I work in shirt sleeves.

On the PDP/BDP…if my memory serves me correctly, the Modine has a power venting system for the exaust. The PDP is a propeller driven power vent, and BDP is a blower driven power vent. I think the HD models, which are low profile, are the propeller driven power vented ones. The HDB units are blower type and have a large fan unit mounted to the back of them.
 
#20 · (Edited by Moderator)
Ha ha …. Yeah you should open here. The price of stuff here is through the roof. I will admit they did a great job though. The gas had to be run about 50 ft, the heater is up near the ceiling and its sitting on some heavy duty I beam type brackets with steel rods through the brackets and the ceiling joists. They initially wanted to just lag it to the ceiling, but I insisted on the brackets…I didnt want it to fall off the ceiling. The electric came from another direction so 50 ft of wire through the ceiling. The vent stack goes out the side wall and up the siding outside of the shop wall. They took some siding and flipped it over to level the stack flange so it sits flat on the siding outside of the wall. I had them put a weather type cover on the stack so water couldnt get into it. It looks nice, but like you said the price was high.
 
#21 ·
Our Today's Low + days to Thurs.:

29, 32, 40, 44, 41

Low 50's during day…
 
#22 ·
electric heaters. Wattage in = wattage out. You can buy a 750 watt portable from walmart or a super duper 750 watt heater from someplace else for a premium price. It can't overcome the laws of thermodynamics (used loosely here). It you put 750 watts into something it is only capable of producing heat from that wattage. The only advantage it might have is a good fan to better distribute it. So, look for wattage enough to heat your place, maybe a good fan and quality. After that it's just a heater. A hair dryer with the same wattage will heat just as well.
 
#23 ·
Personally, I use kerosene heater(s) as temperatures require. I can raise the temp in my drafty garage/shop by 30 or 40 degrees above ambient all day (or night) long on a gallon or two of kerosene.

 
#25 ·
SnowyRiver

... and that's not really COLD YET!

.... Hey, it's still warm… those are all OVER zero! LOL
 
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